June 2024

ENDOCRINOLOGY

DISCOVERY COULD LEAD TO NEW THERAPEUTIC STRATEGIES FOR DIABETES

Featuring Joseph T. Bass, MD, PhD and Benjamin Weidemann

A recent study from the Bass Lab has revealed how transcription factors within individual cells influence the identity and function of insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas, according to findings published in Cell Metabolism. Listen to this episode of Better Edge, as Joseph T. Bass, MD, PhD, and Benjamin Weidemann, discuss their findings and how their discovery could lead to new therapeutic strategies for diabetes.
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Joseph T. Bass, MD, PhD, the Charles F. Kettering Professor of Medicine and chief of Endocrinology in the Department of Medicine, was senior author of the study published in Cell Metabolism.
​Benjamin Weidemann, a student in the Medical Scientist Training Program, was the lead author of the study.

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