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The Kahn Lab is investigating the mechanism of insulin action and its alterations in insulin resistant states, including type 2 diabetes, obesity and metabolic syndrome. There are 3 major areas of research: 1) Insulin action and insulin resistance. In this area we have projects focusing on the...

Prof C. Ronald Kahn

C. Ronald Kahn is a world recognized expert in diabetes and obesity research, as well as a preeminent investigator in the area of insulin signal transduction and mechanisms of altered signaling in diabetes and metabolic disease. Dr. Kahn is Senior Investigator, Head of the Section on Integrative...

A new educational partner: Lions VisionGift

The Lions VisionGift eye bank has been instrumental in supporting Mass. Eye and Ear’s educational initiatives. In the past two years, the nonprofit has donated more than $50,000 in practice tissue for Harvard Ophthalmology residents and Mass. Eye and Ear fellows. This generous gift has helped...

Zinc chelation: A better way to regenerate the optic nerve?

New research by Larry Benowitz, PhD, and colleagues shows how zinc regulates the survival of retinal ganglion cells, and by binding it (zinc chelation), can help the optic nerve to regenerate. Their findings, published in PNAS (January, 2017), could potentially lead to therapies that help patients...

James R. Goldenring, M.D., Ph.D., AGAF

Vanderbilt University School of Medicine | Paul W. Sanger Professor of Surgery | Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology | Vice Chairman for Research Section of Surgical Sciences Lessons from Microvillus Inclusion Disease: Identification of apical bulk endocytosis in neonatal enterocytes