Spread of misfolded proteins could trigger type 2 diabetes
New research in mice raises the question of whether the disease is transmissible
GREEN GLOB-LINS Spurred by a dose of misfolded proteins, a 20-week-old mouse developed clumps of deformed proteins (green) in a cluster of cells called an islet (red) in its pancreas.
A. Mukherjee et al/J. Exper. Medicine 2017
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