Archive: 05/06/2014
Team finds on-off switch to burning stored fat
Scientists this week reported that a molecular pathway called mTORC1 controls the conversion of unhealthy white fat into beige fat, an appealing target for increasing energy expenditure and reducing obesity. The team, led ...
Jun 5, 2014
New therapy for pancreatic cancer patients shows promising results
A clinical trial conducted by researchers at the Virginia G. Piper Cancer Center Clinical Trials, a partnership between Scottsdale Healthcare and the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), showed that a new drug ...
Jun 5, 2014
Cutting edge methods reveal what makes Purkinje neurons unique
In a collaboration between RIKEN's Brain Science Institute and Center for Life Science Technologies in Japan, scientists combined cutting edge methods to obtain a comprehensive catalogue of proteins that are manufactured ...
Jun 5, 2014