Michael Petris and Team, University of Missouri-Columbia (IMAGE)

University of Missouri-Columbia

Michael Petris and Team, University of Missouri-Columbia

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Michael Petris (left), an associate professor of biochemistry, and his research team found that the gene ATP7A is essential for the dietary absorption of the nutrient copper, a mineral deficient in those with a rare enetic disorder called Menkes disease.

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Aaron Duke/University of Missouri

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