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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.

AI-Designed Protein Vehicle Enables Lower RNA Dosing While Maximizing Therapeutic Protein Expression

Researchers at Helmholtz Munich and TUM have developed Synthetic Transfer Vehicles (STVs), an entirely new class of RNA transporters. To do so, they combined naturally occurring protein building blocks with synthetic protein structures designed using generative AI.

3 Sep 2026

Targeting EFHD1 Protein Prevents Severe Obesity-Related Metabolic Liver Damage

Obesity-related metabolic liver disease affects hundreds of millions of people worldwide, but only some fraction of those livers develop scarring, become inflamed, and eventually fail.

2 Sep 2026

Bacterial Protein Fragment Disrupts Cell Quality Systems Causing Tissue Scarring

A bacterial protein fragment called corisin drives the process of pulmonary fibrosis by infiltrating and disrupting the cell's quality-control system, researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Mie University in Japan found in a new study.

1 Sep 2026

Tiny Cell Structures Called Peroxisomes Protect Vital Human Insulin Supply

Researchers at LSU's Pennington Biomedical Research Center have identified a previously underappreciated role for tiny structures inside cells called peroxisomes in protecting insulin and maintaining the health and maturity of insulin-producing pancreatic beta cells.

31 Aug 2026

Researchers Track Harmful Post COVID Autoantibodies to Specific B Cells

When the immune system encounters a virus, it produces antibodies designed to recognize and eliminate the invader.

31 Aug 2026

New Agentex Tool Synthesizes Molecules Without Damaging Natural Machinery

Scientists have been hard at work for more than 20 years to instruct biological systems, such as E. coli cells, to produce proteins they don't naturally do.

27 Aug 2026

New Study Identifies FAM120A as Critical Protein in Tumor Establishment

Researchers investigating the role of progranulin in cancer progression have previously identified the signaling receptor EphA2 as critical in tumor establishment and potential target to enhance the effectiveness of chemotherapy.

26 Aug 2026

Machine Learning Model Successfully Predicts Similarity of Complex Odors

If you want to describe a particular color, you could look to the Pantone color wheel to find its exact hue, saturation and brightness, and how it compares to other colors. But nothing like that has existed for complex odors.

21 Aug 2026

Single-Gene Edits Fall Short of Stopping Immune Rejection in Beta Cell Grafts

In people with type 1 diabetes, the immune system mistakenly destroys the pancreatic beta cells responsible for producing insulin. Patients therefore require lifelong insulin therapy to regulate their blood glucose levels.

21 Aug 2026

Study Shows How Zombie Cells Drive Chronic Inflammaging-and Age-Related Diseases

When our immune system detects a pathogen or injury, it sets off biological alarm bells. This alert brings in a variety of immune and other cells to deal with the threat and heal any harm done.

21 Aug 2026

Advanced AI Tools Sift Through Complex Data to Find Gene Mutations

One of the most important goals of studying genetics is to find genes that are involved with diseases. The problem is that most diseases aren't caused by a single gene or mutation.

19 Aug 2026

Researchers Develop Invisible Cell Armor for Safer Diabetes Treatment

Innovative hydrogel cloaking of islets could revolutionize diabetes therapy, allowing for effective cell transplantation without compromising immune function.

18 Aug 2026

New Gene-Expression Based Clocks Better Predict Age-Related Disease and Mortality

What do "epigenetic clocks" actually measure? These lab tests have become popular tools for studying biological aging, or how the body's cellular function changes at a faster or slower rate than expected.

14 Aug 2026

McMaster Team Identifies Natural Immune Defense Against Advanced Fatty Liver Disease

Researchers at McMaster University have discovered that a naturally occurring hormone best known for suppressing appetite and promoting weight loss also helps protect the liver from inflammation through a previously unknown signaling pathway, opening new possibilities for treating advanced fatty liver disease.

11 Aug 2026

Localized Biochemical Halos Shield Pancreatic Beta Cells From Rejection

A protein known as interleukin 10 (IL-10) is the lynchpin of a new method to protect transplanted cells from host immune system aggression.

6 Aug 2026

Research Decodes How Gut Microbes Process Plant-Based Nutrients

Plant-based diets are good for you. They promote gut, immune, metabolic and cardiovascular health, in part by cultivating a diverse community of intestinal bacteria.

28 Jul 2026

Study Uncovers Two Distinct Embryonic Macrophage Populations with Different Repair Abilities

In leukemia's most aggressive forms, the blood cell factories in our bone marrow falter. Instead of dividing and multiplying at their usual prolific pace, generating hundreds of billions of new cells daily, some precursor cells stall out at an immature stage.

27 Jul 2026