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RT @MouseCentral: Great work from our colleagues at Vanderbilt @vumcdiabetes. Evolution of SLC30A8 rather than the insulin gene drives vari…
RT @MouseCentral: Great work from our colleagues at Vanderbilt @vumcdiabetes. Evolution of SLC30A8 rather than the insulin gene drives vari…
RT @MouseCentral: Great work from our colleagues at Vanderbilt @vumcdiabetes. Evolution of SLC30A8 rather than the insulin gene drives vari…
Great work from our colleagues at Vanderbilt @vumcdiabetes. Evolution of SLC30A8 rather than the insulin gene drives variation in pancreatic islet zinc content.
Zinc is thought to be essential for insulin secretion in humans. All mammals produce insulin, but not all have high levels of zinc in beta cells. The Richard O'Brien lab and colleagues looked at multiple genomes to find out what causes this difference. ht