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Diabetes is a disorder of metabolism—the way the body uses digested food for growth and energy. Most of the food people eat is broken down into glucose, the form of sugar in the blood. Glucose is the main source of fuel for the body.

Unlocking the Molecular Secrets of Sweet Taste Perception

Our enjoyment of sweets can be traced to one subset of taste receptor cells – specialized sweet-sensing cells found in our taste buds – that initiate the chain of reactions driving our strong attraction and appetite for sugar.

8 May 2025

Memories of Cold Experiences Influence Metabolism and Thermoregulation

A groundbreaking study reveals that recalling cold experiences can activate thermoregulation and metabolism in mice, suggesting memory-based interventions could help treat obesity, diabetes, and temperature-related disorders like Raynaud’s disease.

6 May 2025

New Gene Editing Tool Alters Mitochondrial Mutation Levels in Stem Cells

Mitochondrial diseases affect approximately 1 in 5,000 people worldwide, causing debilitating symptoms ranging from muscle weakness to stroke-like episodes.

5 May 2025

Super Stem Cells Offer New Hope for IVF and Regenerative Medicine

The ‘super stem cells’ perform better than regular stem cells, being able to develop into many different cell types, researchers from the University of Copenhagen find, with many potential applications, including improved IVF treatment.

25 Apr 2025

Researchers Create DNA Editing Technique to Improve Lactobacillus Strains

A Kobe University team was able to edit the DNA of Lactobacillus strains directly without a template from other organisms.

24 Apr 2025

How Bacteria Outsmart Plant Immunity Using a Sugar-Coated Trick

In the intricate world of plant-microbe interactions, plants are continuously defending themselves against invading bacteria. New research highlights the sophisticated strategies these bacterial invaders employ.

23 Apr 2025

Likarda Paper Highlights Hydrogel Encapsulation with CSS Can Overcome Major Obstacle of Liver Cell Therapies

Likarda, a leading biotech company specializing in the development of enabling technologies for the delivery of both cell therapies and large molecule biologics, announced a new peer-reviewed publication that demonstrates a promising improvement in the effort to develop liver cell-based therapies for patients with chronic liver disease.

23 Apr 2025

New Blood Test Could Revolutionize Alzheimer’s Diagnosis

Research confirms the Lumipulse serum p-tau217 assay's effectiveness in diagnosing Alzheimer's, paving the way for accessible blood-based testing in healthcare.

18 Apr 2025

Breakthrough Delivery System Advances CRISPR-Based Treatments

A research team from Helmholtz Munich and the Technical University of Munich has developed an advanced delivery system that transports gene-editing tools based on the CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing system into living cells with significantly greater efficiency than before.

10 Apr 2025

New Atlas of Chicken Genetics May Help Breed Disease Resistant Birds

An international team of researchers led by Professor Huaijun Zhou from the UC Davis Department of Animal Science has created the first-ever detailed map of how genes are regulated in chickens - a breakthrough that could help scientists breed birds that are more resistant to diseases like avian influenza.

10 Apr 2025

New Discovery Reveals How Cells Repair Damaged Mitochondrial DNA

Damage to the genetic material of mitochondria – the mitochondrial DNA or mtDNA for short – can lead to diseases such as Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), cardiovascular diseases and type 2 diabetes.

7 Apr 2025

AI Identifies COVID-19 Molecular Mimics Linked to Autoimmune Disease Risk

COVID-19 infection has been associated with an increased risk of autoimmune disorders, such as rheumatoid arthritis and type 1 diabetes.

27 Mar 2025

Phytogene Offers a Greener, Cheaper Alternative for Producing Pharmaceuticals

To tackle the inequity in medication access, a societal issue especially in developing nations, a team of undergraduate student-researchers at the University of Ottawa has developed a new biomanufacturing platform called Phytogene.

18 Mar 2025

Stanford Researchers Find a Molecule That Rivals Ozempic in Weight Loss

BRP emerges as a promising peptide for weight loss, activating appetite control pathways without triggering nausea, paving the way for safer obesity therapies.

17 Mar 2025

Lack of Genetic Diversity in Reference Groups Leads to Misdiagnoses

A new study has uncovered that a gene variant common in Oceanian communities was misclassified as a potential cause of heart disease, highlighting the risk of the current diversity gap in genomics research which can pose a greater risk for misdiagnosis of people from non-European ancestries.

8 Mar 2025

Neural Mechanism Involved in Leptin Resistance Revealed

Worldwide obesity rates have more than doubled since 1990, with nearly a billion people now falling into the category.

5 Mar 2025

New Approach Could Protect Insulin-Producing Beta Cells from Damage Related to Diabetes

Researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York have discovered a novel approach to protecting insulin-producing beta cells from the damaging effects of glucolipotoxicity-a harmful condition linked to the progression of type 2 diabetes (T2D).

5 Mar 2025