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Elisa De Franco: no photograph is held, so the academic plate is shown instead.
Academic
Elisa De Franco
Associate Professor, University of Exeter Medical School
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press citations on 2 topics since 8 Oct 2025 · last quoted 13 Apr 2026
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Elisa De Franco: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Academic
- Role
- Associate Professor, University of Exeter Medical School
- Quoted on
- Diabetes, Rare diseases
- Tracked press citations
- 3
- Most recently quoted
- 13 Apr 2026
- First quoted
- 8 Oct 2025
04 The signal · where Elisa De Franco sits on rare diseases
Ranked 64= of 100 voices quoted in the press on rare diseases, level with 36 others on 1 citation.
Ranked on press citations on this topic only, not across all topics. Joint positions share a rank.
- 1Giles LomaxSector leaderChief Executive Officer, Spinal Muscular Atrophy UK (SMA UK)9
- 2=Dr Harrison CarterAcademicDirector of Screening at NHS England8
- 2=Dr Rich ScottSector leaderChief Executive Officer of Genomics England8
- 64=Yasmin SheikhSector leaderHead of policy and public affairs, Anthony Nolan1
- 64=Claire BoothAcademicMBBS, PhD, Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital, London1
- 64=Elisa De FrancoAcademicAssociate Professor, University of Exeter Medical School1
- 64=Stevie MasonCliniciancommunity nurse1
- 64=Brian BigmoreAcademicMaxillofacial prosthetist, South Eastern Trust1
Showing the leaders and the ranks around 64=, of 100 voices · See every voice on the topic →
05 On the record · press
What Elisa De Franco has said
By outlet · linked articles
- independent.co.uk1
- news.exeter.ac.uk1
- technologynetworks.com1
Where Elisa De Franco has been quoted
- 01Mutations to Non-Coding Genes Linked to Diabetes in Babiestechnologynetworks.com · 13 Apr 2026
- 02Rare genetic form of diabetes detected in newborn babies for first timeindependent.co.uk · 16 Jan 2026
- 03Researchers discover of a new type of diabetes in babiesnews.exeter.ac.uk · 8 Oct 2025
Verbatim
“For the first time, we found that DNA changes in non-protein coding genes cause neonatal diabetes. This shows the importance of non-protein coding genes and their potential to cause disease in humans.”
“Finding the DNA changes that cause diabetes in babies gives us a unique way to find the genes that play key roles in making and secreting insulin.”
“Finding the DNA changes that cause diabetes in babies gives us a unique way to find the genes that play key roles in making and secreting insulin. In this collaborative study, the finding of specific DNA changes causing this rare type of diabetes in 6 children, led us to clarifying the function of a little-known gene, TMEM167A, showing how it plays a key role in insulin secretion.”
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