Diabetes

A novel insulin accelerant

Insulin levels rise after eating a meal, signaling uptake of circulating glucose by skeletal muscle. In individuals with diabetes this process is often impaired—a condition known as insulin resistance.

Medical research

'Fixing' blood vessel cells to diagnose blood clotting disorders

When in dysfunction, the vascular endothelium—the tissue that lines the blood vessels throughout our body's entire circulatory system—plays a big role in the development of many human diseases, including diabetes, stroke, ...

Genetics

Scientists reveal endocardial origin of liver vasculature

On March 29, Nature Genetics published a research article titled "Genetic lineage tracing identifies endocardial origin of liver vasculature," from Prof. ZHOU Bin's lab at the Institute for Nutritional Sciences (INS), Shanghai ...

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