Metabolism/Metabolic Diseases

Soybean oil linked to metabolic and neurological changes in miceCredit: USDA New UC Riverside research shows soybean oil not only leads to obesity and diabetes, but could also affect neurological conditions like autism, Alzheimer's…

Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (Jan. 15, 2020) - A stroke appears to create a sticky situation inside the blood vessels of the brain that can worsen damage days, even months later, scientists…

Researchers at Dartmouth's Norris Cotton Cancer Center observed that blocking a cellular receptor not only prevented but reversed obesity, with no ill side effects, in mice.Credit: Craig Tomlinson, PhD LEBANON, NH - Obesity, a…

Credit: University of Warwick Tracking sugar in the blood is crucial for both healthy individuals and diabetic patients. Current methods to measure glucose requires needles and repeated fingerpicks over the day. Fingerpicks can often…

All living things are made of carbon, and sugars, e.g. glucose, are a very common source of it. Consequently, most cells are good at eating sugars, using enzymes to digest them through a series of chemical reactions that transform the…

Diabetic patients need to measure their blood-sugar level by drawing blood before and after a meal and it is easy to develop complications due to diabetes. Recently, a research team from POSTECH developed technology that allows diagnosis…

Fat cells are filled with droplets coated by molecules that act like hotel doormen: These "doormen" control cellular access for nutrients as well as for the exit of energy-supplying molecules called lipids. In healthy individuals,…

The algorithm-controlled system senses impending lows and delivers small doses of liquid glucagon to raise blood sugar to safe levels BOSTON - (January 8, 2020) - Gastric bypass vastly improves the health of the patients who elect to…

A new approach to treating overweight and obesityCredit: M. Jooss /TUM Our fat cells, technically referred to as adipocytes, play an essential role in regulating energy balance in our body. "Adipocytes are not merely an energy storage…

Emphasizes special interest in topic areas suggested by stakeholders and called out in reauthorization legislation WASHINGTON, DC -- Following congressional reauthorization of its funding in December 2019, the Patient-Centered Outcomes…