News tagged with insulin signaling


Moving cells with light holds medical promise

Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have shown they can coax cells to move toward a beam of light. The feat is a first step toward manipulating cells to control insulin secretion ...

Medical research created Apr 08, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New mechanism regulating insulin secretion may explain genetic susceptibility to diabetes

New Zealand research revealing a new mechanism for how glucose stimulates insulin secretion may provide a new explanation for how a gene that makes people more susceptible to diabetes – called TCF7L2 – actually contributes ...

Diabetes created Feb 04, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Broader approach reveals genetic complexity behind diabetes genes

(Medical Xpress)—Using a new method, diabetes researchers at Lund University, Sweden, have been able to reveal more of the genetic complexity behind type 2 diabetes. The new research findings have been achieved as a result ...

Genetics created Sep 04, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists discover key pathway for development of insulin-producing cells

(Medical Xpress) -- Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have identified a molecular signaling pathway that drives the growth and maturation of young human beta cells — the insulin-producing cell ...

Medical research created Jul 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers validate the potential of a protein for the treatment of type 2 diabetes

Researchers at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona, Spain)) have discovered that deficiency of a single protein, Mitofusin 2, in muscle and hepatic cells of mice is sufficient to cause ...

Diabetes created Mar 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New evidence links Alzheimer's disease and diabetes

An emerging body of research suggests that Alzheimer's disease may be linked to insulin resistance, constituting a third type of diabetes. This model is based on several observations including an increased risk of developing ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Mar 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers identify pathways leading to activation of good fat

Researchers at the Joslin Diabetes Center have identified for the first time two molecular pathways that are critical to activating a type of "good" fat found in the body, a discovery that could play an important ...

Medical research created Sep 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast