Healing often leaves a scar. But the role of the scar itself in healing is often underestimated: a scar that doesn't heal cleanly can be painful or upsetting or affect the range of movement of the affected body part. It may ...
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Taste cells are heavily exposed to the microbes in the mouth, but their role in helping the body respond to those microbes has not yet been studied in detail. A recent study from a team of researchers from the University ...
Jan 23, 2023
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Mammals convert the energy stored in adipose (fat) tissue into heat via a process known as thermogenesis. This process is regulated by a family of signaling proteins called sirtuins. A recent study by researchers from Kumamoto ...
Jan 20, 2023
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In diabetes research over the past two decades, Anath Shalev, M.D., has shown that the protein TXNIP regulates survival and function of beta cells, the pancreatic cells that produce the hormone insulin to lower levels of ...
Sep 27, 2022
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The severe muscle atrophy and weakness commonly associated with cancer growth (i.e., cachexia) can be prevented simply by being deprived of FNDC5, the precursor of the exercise hormone irisin, researchers from the Indiana ...
Sep 11, 2022
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Premature ovarian aging (POA) refers to an early decline in ovarian function; it is the main cause of infertility in older women and is characterized by a markedly reduced ovarian reservoir. An interesting review summarized ...
Sep 5, 2022
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Glaucoma is an irreversible blinding eye disease characterized by progressive ganglion cell death. To date, IOP control has been almost the only clinical option for the treatment of POAG. However, visual field damage continues ...
Aug 26, 2022
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High-fat diet (HFD) feeding in mice promotes induction of aldose reductase (AR) activity, expression, and senescence of adipocytes in subcutaneous adipose tissue (scAT), according to a new study in Obesity journal.
Jul 27, 2022
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Innate immunity is activated when the pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) recognize pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs). A research team from Kanazawa University has shown that a liver-derived secretory protein ...
Jul 15, 2022
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Research into the causes of type 1 diabetes often focuses on the autoimmune response, where the immune system destroys pancreatic islet beta cells that produce insulin. A new study by scientists at the University of Chicago ...
Jun 28, 2022
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