Researcher looks for link between diabetes, cardiovascular disease
University of Tennessee Health Science Center assistant professor M. Dennis Leo stands near the electrophoresis equipment he uses to analyze proteins at his lab in the Memphis Medical District Jan. 9, 2020. Recently, Leo received a $1.9 million grant to study vascular disease in people with diabetes at the cellular level. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Study will probe the damage Type 2 diabetes causes in arteries and how that contributes to cardiovascular disease.
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Longtime journalist Jane Roberts is a Minnesotan by birth and a Memphian by choice. She's lived and reported in the city more than two decades. She covers business news and features for The Daily Memphian.
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