Carlos Bernal-Mizrachi and Mouse (IMAGE)

WashU Medicine

Carlos Bernal-Mizrachi and Mouse

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Washington University diabetes researcher Carlos Bernal-Mizrachi, M.D., shown with a mouse that lacks the ability to process vitamin D in key immune cells. Without adequate vitamin D in those cells, the animals developed diabetes and atherosclerosis.

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Robert Boston

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