by University of Surrey Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Researchers have identified what they believe to be robust metabolic markers of COVID, a discovery that could lead to better understanding and treatments for people that suffer from symptoms of the disease months after diagnosis. Scientists from the University of Surrey collected blood samples of hospital patients and found that COVID-19...
by American Society of Nephrology (ASN) Graphical abstract. Credit: Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (2022). DOI: 10.2215/CJN.01890222 Gender-affirming hormone therapy modifies body composition and lean muscle mass in transgender persons. A recent analysis published in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology examined the effects of masculinizing and feminizing gender-affirming hormone therapy on markers...
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS For over a century, cancer cell metabolism has been viewed as something of a paradox. New work from researchers at Washington University in St. Louis shows that it might not be such an anomaly after all. The study is published Aug. 15 in Molecular Cell. Glucose, a common sugar in food,...
by David J. Hill, University at Buffalo Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain For women approaching menopause, a number of changes begin to occur. One of the most common is an increase in obesity, which, in turn, raises the risk for breast cancer after menopause. That much is known. What science hasn’t quite figured out yet is the...
by Weill Cornell Medical College Circadian clock illustration. Credit: Shutterstock Disruption of the circadian clocks that keep the body and its cells entrained to the 24-hour day-night cycle plays a critical role in weight gain, according to a pair of studies by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators. One study, published June 27, in Cell Reports revealed...
by Monash University Presence of many small, fluid-filled sacs or cysts inside the ovaries in case of PCOS. Credit: http://www.scientificanimations.com/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 A recent review by a team of world leaders in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) research and care, led by Monash University, provides a summary of best practice evidence and advocates for greater funded...
by American Physiological Society Graphical abstract. Credit: American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism (2022). DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00293.2021 Pantothenate acid, also known as vitamin B5, stimulated the production of brown fat in both cell cultures and mice, a new study finds. The study is published ahead of print in the American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism. It was chosen as an...
In news that seems like it just might lead to a strange new superhero, Japanese scientists say cultured human muscle cells can stay swole with an injection of, well, bear serum. The secret, according to a press release from the University of Hiroshima, is bears’ ability to hibernate for extended periods of time without losing muscle...
CELL PRESS To date most research on obesity has focused on studying those with a high body mass index (BMI), but a research group in China is taking a different approach. In a study published July 14 in the journal Cell Metabolism, the scientists looked at individuals with a very low BMI. Their findings reveal that...
by UT Southwestern Medical Center Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Triptans, a commonly prescribed class of migraine drugs, may also be useful in treating obesity, a new study by scientists at UT Southwestern suggests. In studies on obese mice, a daily dose of a triptan led animals to eat less food and lose weight over the...
