News tagged with cell metabolism

Related topics: insulin resistance , type 2 diabetes , fat cells , obesity , diabetes




Further potential insight into the complex neuropathology of Down's syndrome

(Medical Xpress)—Researchers at the University of Bristol have revealed new insight into the function of a key protein attributed to impaired learning and memory in Down's syndrome. The findings, published ...

Medical research created Apr 08, 2013 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Mitochondrial metabolic regulator SIRT4 guards against DNA damage

(Medical Xpress)—Healthy cells don't just happen. As they grow and divide, they need checks and balances to ensure they function properly while adapting to changing conditions around them.

Cancer created Apr 05, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Key link between obesity and type 2 diabetes discovered

(Medical Xpress)—New research published in the journal Cell Metabolism has identified a key mechanism in the immune system involved in the development of obesity-linked type 2 diabetes. The findings open u ...

Medical research created Apr 04, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

White blood cell enzyme contributes to inflammation and obesity

Many recent studies have suggested that obesity is associated with chronic inflammation in fat tissues. Researchers at Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (Sanford-Burnham) have discovered that an ...

Inflammatory disorders created Apr 02, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Decreased melatonin secretion associated with higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes

With previous evidence suggesting that melatonin may have a role in glucose metabolism, researchers have found an independent association between decreased secretion of melatonin and an increased risk for the development ...

Diabetes created Apr 02, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Cholesterol-lowering eye drops could treat macular degeneration

A new study raises the intriguing possibility that drugs prescribed to lower cholesterol may be effective against macular degeneration, a blinding eye disease.

Medical research created Apr 02, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

The metabolic weathervane of cancer

Highly expressed in various cancers and known for its cytoprotective properties, TRAP1 protein has been identified as a potential target for antitumor treatments. As a result of the research conducted by Len Neckers, from ...

Cancer created Apr 01, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Our internal clocks can become ticking time bombs for diabetes and obesity

If you're pulling and all-nighter to finish a term paper, a new parent up all night with a fussy baby, or simply can't sleep like you once could, then you may be snoozing on good health. That's because new research published ...

Medical research created Apr 01, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists find potential loophole in pancreatic cancer defenses

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute scientists and colleagues have discovered that pancreatic cancer cells' growth and spread are fueled by an unusual metabolic pathway that someday might be blocked with targeted drugs to control ...

Cancer created Mar 27, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers find novel mechanism regulating replication of insulin-producing beta cells

Bringing scientists a step closer to new treatments for diabetes, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and The Mount Sinai Medical Center have discovered a novel mechanism that regulates the replication ...

Diabetes created Mar 26, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New technology measures oxygen in individual red blood cells in real time

In an engineering breakthrough, a Washington University in St. Louis biomedical researcher has discovered a way to use light and color to measure oxygen in individual red blood cells in real time.

Medical research created Mar 25, 2013 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Maternal diabetes impairs methylation of imprinted gene in oocytes

For the first time, researchers have shown that poorly controlled maternal diabetes has an adverse effect on methylation of the maternal imprinting gene Peg3, contributing to impaired development in offspring.

Diabetes created Mar 20, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Tiny RNA molecule may have role in polycystic ovary syndrome, insulin resistance

A group of tiny RNA molecules with a big role in regulating gene expression also appear to have a role in causing insulin resistance in woman with polycystic ovary syndrome and, perhaps, in all women, researchers ...

Diabetes created Mar 19, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers find that alcohol consumption damages brain's support cells

Alcohol consumption affects the brain in multiple ways, ranging from acute changes in behavior to permanent molecular and functional alterations. The general consensus is that in the brain, alcohol targets mainly neurons. ...

Neuroscience created Mar 18, 2013 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Two new genes linked to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and related disorders

(Medical Xpress)—A study led by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital has discovered mutations in two genes that lead to the death of nerve cells in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, ...

Genetics created Mar 18, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast