C. Ronald Kahn
C. Ronald Kahn · Science & Medicine
Endocrinologist who elucidated insulin signaling and its role in diabetes
1944, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
United States (Boston, Massachusetts)
C. Ronald Kahn is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Endocrinologist who elucidated insulin signaling and its role in diabetes
Kahn, from a Jewish family, is an endocrinologist at Harvard and the Joslin Diabetes Center. He worked out how insulin signals inside cells — from the insulin receptor through cascades of phosphorylation — and showed how failures of this signaling cause insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes. His discoveries underpin much of modern diabetes and metabolism research.
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Endocrinologist who elucidated insulin signaling and its role in diabetes
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biomedical Science
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