Simin Lu and Fumihiko Urano, Washington University School of Medicine (IMAGE)

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Simin Lu and Fumihiko Urano, Washington University School of Medicine

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Studying animal models and cells taken from patients with Wolfram syndrome, first author Simin Lu, PhD (left), and principal investigator Fumihiko Urano, MD, PhD, led a team that found the FDA-approved muscle relaxant dantrolene may be an effective treatment for the rare but devastating form of diabetes.

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