A March 2021 study headed up by Dr. Claudia Langenberg, looked at a number of unassociated metabolic processes linked to various diseases.
"We wanted to know whether there are certain markers in the blood that indicate a risk, not only for one but for several diseases at the same time,"
"We found, for example, that an increased concentration of the sugar-like molecule N-acetylneuraminate increased the risk of no less than 14 diseases,"
"Gamma-glutamylglycine, on the other hand, is exclusively associated with the occurrence of diabetes. Other members of the same molecular groups simultaneously increase the risk of liver and heart disease."
"Overall, we observed that two-thirds of the molecules are associated with the occurrence of more than one disease. This is in line with the fact that patients often develop a range of diseases in the course of their lives. If we succeed in influencing these key factors, this could make it possible to counter multiple diseases simultaneously."