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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

Study supports link between obesity and higher incidence of cancer, poorer prognosis

Researchers may have discovered a new explanation as to why obese patients with cancer often have a poorer prognosis compared with those who are lean. The potential explanation is based on data reported in Cancer Research, a jour ...

Cancer created Oct 15, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Quantum effects and cancer

The theory of quantum metabolism is the idea that quantum processes, such as entanglement, influence the metabolism of cells.

Cancer created Mar 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Eating a high-fat diet may rapidly injure brain cells that control body weight

Obesity among people who eat a high-fat diet may involve injury to neurons, or nerve cells, in a key part of the brain that controls body weight, according to the authors of a new animal study. The results will be presented ...

Medical research created Jun 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0