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Revealing a Novel Signaling Pathway Fostering Aging-Related Chronic Metabolic Disorders

Korean researchers have unveiled a novel signaling pathway that fosters aging-related chronic metabolic disorders.

4 Aug 2023

New Study Sets the Stage to Help People Maintain Weight Loss After Dieting

Researchers led by McMaster University professor Gregory Steinberg and postdoctoral research fellow Dongdong Wang have uncovered a key mechanism for promoting weight loss and maintaining the burning of calories during dieting.

29 Jun 2023

Disclosing the Key Role of Mitofusin 2 Cellular Makeup in Interconnecting Organelles Within Cells

Researchers at IRB Barcelona, the University of Barcelona (UB), VIMM, and the University of Padua unveil the key role of Mitofusin 2 cellular makeup in interconnecting organelles within cells.

29 Jun 2023

Online Prediction Modeling Tool to Help Advance Scientific Discoveries

By anticipating the location of proteins within a cell, researchers might have access to a trove of biological knowledge. Future scientific discoveries related to drug development and the treatment of diseases like epilepsy will depend on this information.

6 Jun 2023

Diet Plays a Bigger Role in Shaping Intestinal Microbiota Composition Than Defensins

Researchers at Umeå University, Sweden, have found that among the many factors that shape the intestinal microbiota composition, diet has a much stronger impact than defensins, which are intestinal defence molecules produced by the body.

4 May 2023

New Mechanism Controlling Cellular Proliferation in Response to Serum Revealed

Researchers of the Genome Dynamics Project team at Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science revealed new mechanism controlling cellular proliferation in response to serum, which triggers growth of resting cells.

13 Apr 2023

Metabolic reactions upon activating Akt2 enzyme revealed

Takeaki Ozawa and his team from the University of Tokyo reveal the metabolic reactions upon activating an enzyme called Akt2.

22 Feb 2023

Pancreatic islet microexons play key role in islet function and glucose homeostasis

When cells copy DNA to produce RNA transcripts, they include only some chunks of genetic material known as exons and throw out the rest.

10 Feb 2023

Drug discovery method facilitates promising treatment approaches for metabolic diseases

The body’s chemical processes known as “metabolism” produce the raw materials needed for development and general health.

17 Oct 2022

Study explains the dynamics underlying liver damage

The immune system may attack the liver when fat builds up there. The chemical that triggers these responses has been discovered by Weill Cornell Medicine researchers in a recent study, and this information helps to explain the dynamics of liver damage that can accompany type 2 diabetes and obesity.

23 Aug 2022

Research may lead to new therapies for metabolic disorders and other diseases

Researchers at UT Southwestern have uncovered a molecular path that allows cells to detect when their lipid supplies are running low, triggering a flurry of activity that avoids starvation.

23 May 2022

Scientists decipher a direct dialog between the gut microbiota and the brain

Gut microbiota by-products circulate in the bloodstream, regulating host physiological processes including immunity, metabolism and brain functions.

From Institut Pasteur 18 Apr 2022

Breakthrough discovery provides a desirable drug target to tackle metabolic diseases

In a breakthrough discovery, scientists from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio today reported that inhibiting a liver enzyme in obese mice decreased the rodents' appetite, increased energy expenditure in adipose (fat) tissues and resulted in weight loss.

6 Apr 2022

Metabolic Disorders News and Research

Revealing a Novel Signaling Pathway Fostering Aging-Related Chronic Metabolic Disorders

New Study Sets the Stage to Help People Maintain Weight Loss After Dieting

Disclosing the Key Role of Mitofusin 2 Cellular Makeup in Interconnecting Organelles Within Cells

Online Prediction Modeling Tool to Help Advance Scientific Discoveries

Diet Plays a Bigger Role in Shaping Intestinal Microbiota Composition Than Defensins

New Mechanism Controlling Cellular Proliferation in Response to Serum Revealed

Metabolic reactions upon activating Akt2 enzyme revealed

Pancreatic islet microexons play key role in islet function and glucose homeostasis

Drug discovery method facilitates promising treatment approaches for metabolic diseases

Study explains the dynamics underlying liver damage

Research may lead to new therapies for metabolic disorders and other diseases

Scientists decipher a direct dialog between the gut microbiota and the brain

Breakthrough discovery provides a desirable drug target to tackle metabolic diseases

Researchers analyze a powerful tool to enhance drug discovery

UTSA team develops innovative inhibitor to fight obesity and heart disease

Study reveals the power of ketone bodies

Risk linked to coronary arteriosclerosis may be explained by changes in gene networks

Changes in the activity of gene networks may explain arteriosclerosis risk

Revealing a Cell's Components through Artificial Intelligence

Long-term exposure to particulate matter associated with hypertension

The Last Piece of Our Genome: Sequencing the Y Chromosome

Understanding the Importance of Entrepreneurship in the Life Sciences Community

Supporting Informed Decisions on Malaria Biocontrol Interventions

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