What area of diabetes research does your project cover? What role will this particular project play in preventing, treating and/or curing diabetes? My research projects mainly focus on the gene mutation and obesity development, which can result in Type 2 diabetes. Specifically, this project will focus on the TRPC5 gene that we firstly identified recently, which is the most strongly associated X-linked gene for human body mass index (BMI). I found that loss of function TRPC5 mutations can cause human obesity, and this gene should be included in the genetic diagnostic panel for obesity. The open