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 ...
Preventing pancreatic cancer metastasis by keeping cells ‘sheltered in place’
Credit: Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute have shown that pancreatic cancer ...
Diet, gut microbes affect cancer treatment outcomes, research suggests
Credit: Dan Addison | UVA Communications What we eat can affect the outcome of chemotherapy - and likely many other ...
‘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 ...
New biomarker could flag tumors that are sensitive to common diabetes drug
Credit: Courtesy of Van Andel Institute GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (May 19, 2020) -- A newly identified biomarker could help scientists ...
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