Hibernation in mice: Are humans next?
Researchers at the University of Tsukuba and RIKEN in Japan spark a hibernation-like state in mice--a species that does not ...
Tag: Metabolism/Metabolic Diseases
Lack of mitochondria causes severe disease in children
Credit: Gustav Mårtensson Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have discovered that excessive degradation of the power plants of our ...
Study investigates potential for gut microbiome to alter drug safety and efficacy
Princeton researchers catalog the intestinal microbial community's impact on oral medicationsCredit: Janie Kim. Published in Cell. Researchers at Princeton University ...
Study discovers BAM15 as a potential treatment for obesity
Drug prevents weight gain, fat buildup, and reduces blood sugarCredit: Graphic by Kathryn Pergola BATON ROUGE, Louisiana - A new ...
Fecal transplants show promise as treatment for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
Credit: Lawson Health Research Institute LONDON, ON - A new study from Lawson Health Research Institute and Western University suggests ...
‘Excretion of sugar into stool’? New action of anti-diabetic drug discovered
Credit: Kobe University A research team led by Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine's Professor OGAWA Wataru (the Division of ...
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 ...
NIH grant opens research, training for young scientists to study metabolic disorders
$11 million Center for Biomedical Research Excellence grant awarded to Pennington Biomedical Research Center, a campus of Louisiana State UniversityCredit: ...
Mechanism underlying the development of diabetes and fatty liver illuminated
Credit: Kobe University A research group including Professor OGAWA Wataru (Division of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Kobe University Graduate School of ...
Study identifies the mechanism by which eating fish reduces risk of cardiovascular disease
A diet rich in fish or omega 3 modulates the concentration of lipids that are passed on to cells by ...
Additional genetic cause for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease discovered
Credit: DIfE In Germany about 18 million people suffer from non-alcoholic fatty liver. The causes of this disease are manifold ...
A disease trigger for pancreatitis has been identified
A Calcium channel is involved in the development of pancreatitisCredit: Prof. Dr. Heiko Witt Patients suffering from chronic pancreatitis experience ...
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 ...
Peptides that can be taken as a pill
Credit: C. Heinis (EPFL) Peptides are short chains of amino acids that occur in our body, in plants or bacteria ...
Gene therapy in mice builds muscle, reduces fat
Approach may lead to new treatment approach for osteoarthritis, obesityCredit: Mike Worful Exercise and physical therapy often are recommended to ...
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 ...
Study pinpoints metrics of cost-effective screening for type 1 diabetes
Credit: University of Colorado School of Pharmacy AURORA, Colo. (May 5, 2020) - Health screenings can catch conditions early, helping ...
