Molecular Mechanism Underlying Form Of Diabetes Revealed

Thursday, September 10, 2009 - 09:28 in Health & Medicine

By investigating a rare and severe form of diabetes in children, researchers have discovered a new molecular mechanism that regulates specialized pancreatic cells and insulin secretion. The mechanism involves a protein called ankyrin, which researchers previously linked to potentially fatal human heart arrhythmias.

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