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New findings in the search for genetic clues to insulin production E-mail
Thursday, December 27, 2012
In research published online Dec. 23, 2012 in the journal Nature Genetics, scientists have found three new and relatively rare genetic variants that influence insulin production, offering new clues about the genetic factors behind diabetes.

“Studying genetic variants — even rare ones — helps us learn how genes affect health and disease,” said Karen Mohlke, PhD, one of the study’s senior authors and associate professor of genetics at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine.  “In this study, we’ve implicated new genes as playing a role in insulin processing and secretion.”

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UNC Loses a B-School Dean, Gains a Provost
Bloomberg Businessweek
The Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, is losing its dean, Jim Dean, who has been appointed executive vice chancellor and provost for the university effective July 1. The appointment was announced to the campus community on May 23 in an email from Chancellor Holden Thorp and Chancellor-Elect Carol Folt, following a vote by the University’s Board of Trustees earlier in the day.