A team led by the Balch lab has created the first comprehensive roadmap of the protein interactions that enable cells in the pancreas to produce, store and secrete the hormone insulin.
Preparing synthetic versions of cell membranes has been a long-standing challenge—but a new method from the Paegel lab may change that.
The new discoveries from the Griffin lab could help in the design and development of new therapeutics to treat metabolic disease such as diabetes and obesity, and perhaps some cancers.
The research, led by the Wright lab, points to a new approach to drug design.