Chengfeng Merriman, who joined the Fu lab in 2014 as a Research Specialist, is profiled in The Journal of Biological Chemistry for her article, which earned Paper of the Week published on December 30, 2016, entitled Lipid-tuned Zinc Transport Activity of Human ZnT8 Protein Correlates with Risk for Type-2 Diabetes. Congratulations! Read her article […]
Search On For Drug to Tame ‘Hyperactive’ Zinc Transporter and Lower Type 2 Diabetes Risk
Read on to learn more about a new biomedical study being conducted in Dr. Dax Fu’s lab using a screening method they developed to identify drugs that would potentially lower diabetes risk for millions.
Selective spider toxins reveal a role for the Nav1.1 channel in mechanical pain
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