'Junk DNA' could play an important role in diabetes

22 Feb 2017


A study led by Society for Endocrinology member Professor Jorge Ferrer suggests that specific non-protein coding regions of DNA regulate key genes in insulin-producing beta cells, as published in Cell Metabolism.  

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