UTHSC researches gene that could unravel diabetes, metabolic problems
Research associate Ruisong Ye, part of a team at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center that has been awarded a $2 million grant for a new approach to studying diabetes, works at the team's lab in the Center for Cancer Research on Jan. 29, 2020. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
Dr. Robert Waller, retired president and CEO of the Mayo Clinic, says the research has implications for better managing other health conditions that negatively impact people as they age.
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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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