The doctors at Hopkins were concerned that Zoe might have inherited her mother's genetic vulnerability to the extreme chemotherapy needed to wipe out every single stem cell in preparation for the new marrow.

FORBES: Two Girls Two Countries One Cancer

Type 2 diabetes, which accounts for 90% of diabetes cases, can be caused or exacerbated by a unhealthy diet, lack of exercise and being overweight although this is not always the case as some sufferers have a genetic vulnerability.

BBC: Man eating hamburger