Diabetes Research in Huising Lab Emphasizes Importance of Reproducibility in Science

In the United States, around 30 million people live with diabetes. It’s among the top 10 leading causes of death in the country, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. With no cure, treatment and control remain the only options for diabetes patients.

In a paper appearing in Cell Metabolism, Integrative Genetics and Genomics Graduate Group member Associate Professor Mark Huising, Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, and Biochemistry, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology graduate student Sharon Lee refute a previous study that claimed an antimalarial drug could be used to treat type 1 diabetes.

Read the full story to learn more about Huising's and Lee's diabetes research