Ophthalmology

Understanding the metabolites underlying eye development

Aerobic glycolysis, the process by which cells transform glucose into lactate, is key for eye development in mammals, according to a new Northwestern Medicine study published in Nature Communications.

Oncology & Cancer

Researchers unravel metabolic regulation in aneuploid tumor cells

A research team led by Prof. Yang Zhenye from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), in collaboration with Guo Jing from the First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, has made ...

Medical research

A step toward treating chemotherapy-resistant prostate cancer

Prostate cancer is a leading cause of death among American men, and it's resistant to one of the most powerful chemotherapy medications—cisplatin. Now, researchers reporting in ACS Central Science have developed the first ...

Diabetes

Breastfeeding may help mothers avoid type 2 diabetes

Breastfeeding can improve the number of insulin-producing cells in the pancreas and increase insulin sensitivity in mothers, helping to protect them against type 2 diabetes in later years, suggests a mice study presented ...

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