E82: Are Choline Transporters Implicated in Some POTS Patients? with Dr. Laila Schenkel

Episode 82 • August 23, 2022 • 00:35:56
E82: Are Choline Transporters Implicated in Some POTS Patients? with Dr. Laila Schenkel
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E82: Are Choline Transporters Implicated in Some POTS Patients? with Dr. Laila Schenkel

Aug 23 2022 | 00:35:56

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Cathy Pederson Jill Brook

Show Notes

Dr. Laila Schenkel is a molecular geneticist who specializes in choline transporters. Comparing this transporter in the skin of one POTS patient with controls, she found that these transporters are fewer and less functional in this POTS patient. Basic science at its best!

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