Something in the water: Pollutant may be more hazardous than previously thought
Credit: M.E. Newman, Johns Hopkins Medicine, using NASA and public domain images Sometimes toxins, such as hazardous wastes and industrial ...
Tag: Endocrinology
How a fat cell’s immune response makes obesity worse
Credit: Cincinnati Children's When obesity occurs, a person's own fat cells can set off a complex inflammatory chain reaction that ...
New guidelines for assessment of bone density and microarchitecture in vivo with HR-pQCT
IOF-ASBMR-ECTS endorsed guidelines support standardization of techniques and terminology in the use of high-resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography, while providing ...
First map of proinsulin’s ‘social network’ reveals new drug target for type 2 diabetes
Study reveals previously unknown protein that helps proinsulin fold and opens new avenues for diabetes researchCredit: Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical ...
Deciphering the fine neuroendocrine regulatory system during development
Researchers from the University of Tsukuba discover a regulatory neuroendocrine system that coordinates growth and maturation in a developmental stage-specific ...
A CNIO-led European study confirms diabetes type 3c as an early manifestation of pancreatic cancer
Credit: CNIO As biomedical sciences incorporate increasingly sophisticated methodologies and technologies, our understanding of diseases improves. Diabetes is a clear ...
Single-cell RNA seq developed to accurately quantify cell-specific drug effects in pancreatic islets
Credit: © Brenda Marquina-Sánchez and Nikolaus Fortelny / CeMM The pancreas is an abdominal organ that produces digestive enzymes as ...
Newly discovered mechanism can explain increased risk of dementia
Credit: Taher Darreh-Shori Millions of people around the world use acid suppressants called proton pump inhibitors for conditions like heartburn, ...
New molecular auto-control system to avoid an excessive brown adipose tissue activity
Brown adipose tissue: how to auto-control its activityCredit: UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA Scientific team found a new metabolism regulation system for ...
New genetic markers of type 2 diabetes identified in East Asians
First-in-kind study co-authored by UMass Amherst epidemiologist advances knowledge of diabetes' biological rootsCredit: UMass Amherst In the largest study of ...
Androgens: Clinical Research and Therapeutics: Launching in 2020
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, May 4, 2020 Androgens: Clinical Research and Therapeutics a new peer-reviewed, ...
Found: Neural circuit that drives physical responses to emotional stress
This circuit could be a key target for treating stress-related disorders such as panic disorder and PTSD.Credit: Kazuhiro Nakamura Researchers ...
European countries face a costly 23% increase in fragility fractures by 2030
A new IOF-led study examining the burden and management of fragility fractures in six European countries reveals an alarming treatment ...
Brain insulin sensitivity determines body weight and fat distribution
Credit: IDM Just where fat is deposited in the body and to what degree a person may benefit from a ...
Electronic skin fully powered by sweat can monitor health
Credit: Caltech One of the ways we experience the world around us is through our skin. From sensing temperature and ...
New guidance for the assessment of Fracture Liaison Services at a patient outcome level
The IOF Capture the Fracture® Working Group, with the National Osteoporosis Foundation and the Fragility Fracture Network, has developed 11 ...
Could inhibiting the DPP4 enzyme help treat coronavirus?
Credit: Dr. Gianluca Iacobellis Researchers and clinicians are scrambling to find ways to combat COVID-19, including new therapeutics and eventually ...
Alport syndrome severity can be predicted by causative protein genotype
Credit: Assoc. Prof. Tsuyoshi Shuto A Japanese research team has successfully developed a system to predict the severity of Alport ...
The SPR honors Dr. Stephanie Roberts with Bridging to Success Award
Credit: Dr. Stephanie Roberts The Society for Pediatric Research (SPR) is pleased to announce Stephanie Roberts, MD, as the recipient of ...
Can traumatic memories be erased?
Environmental light shown to affect retention of traumatic long-term memory in fliesCredit: Tokyo Metropolitan University Tokyo, Japan - Scientists from ...
