Diabetes

New strategy to lower blood sugar may help in diabetes treatment

Some treatments for type 2 diabetes make the body more sensitive to insulin, the hormone that lowers blood sugar. But new research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis suggests a different strategy: slowing ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Upsetting a fragile alliance triggers a deadly childhood disease

Scientists at the University of Malta and the Institut de Génétique Moléculaire de Montpellier (CNRS/Université de Montpellier) have shown that fruit flies and brewer's yeast can reveal clues about the cause of Spinal ...

Neuroscience

Scientists identify new drug target to treat ALS

Scientists from the Gladstone Institutes and the University of Michigan have identified a cellular mechanism that can be targeted to treat ALS. The researchers revealed that increasing levels of a certain key protein successfully ...

Neuroscience

Blood test for brain injury may not be feasible

Complications involving the brain's unique waste removal system - the existence of which has only recently been brought to light - may thwart efforts to identify biomarkers that detect traumatic brain injury (TBI). That is ...

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