A team of medical researchers here have a deep hunch that a gene, thought to regulate metabolism in the body, could hold clues to new treatments for diabetes.
Ten years ago, Dr. Darryl Quarles, head of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s Division of Nephrology, made a name for himself in the research world by discovering that a cascade of serious effects happen when the gene is silenced or knocked out, including obesity, glucose intolerance and fatty liver disease.
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