Enzyme identified linked to the most serious diabetes form
Scientists identify a pancreas enzyme as a target in autoimmune insulin dependent diabetes, offering a potential blood test to identify at risk individuals and paving paths for therapies. Researchers from Yale UC San Francisco and Denmark report in Nature. Early prediction could aid prevention studies while exact role of the enzyme remains under study.
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New York
Kenneth Farber
Juvenile Diabetes Foundation International
Steinunn Baekkeskov
Bestionkov
Hormone Research Institute
University of California
San Francisco
School of Medicine
Mark Atkinson
University of Florida College of Medicine
Gainesville
George Eisenbarth
Joslin Diabetes Center
Boston
Baekkeskov
Eisenbarth
American Diabetes Association
Second brain gene cloned boosts dopamine receptor research
New York AP reports Paris scientists cloned a second dopamine receptor gene, D2, tied to brain cell signaling. The discovery, published in Nature, could advance safer psychosis drugs and illuminate schizophrenia and Parkinson's disease mechanisms. Researchers predict multiple receptor types may exist.
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Paris
Nature
Solomon Snyder
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore
Olivier Civelli
Civelli
Oregon Health Sciences University
Portland
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