By Paul McClure March 26, 2023 Scientists have identified the role that an enzyme found in every single living cell plays in the development of kidney disease Depositphotos Scientists have identified the role an enzyme, crucial to the body’s metabolism, plays in the development of kidney disease, opening the door to new methods of prevention...
By Ben Coxworth March 17, 2023 From left, Prof. Benu Adhikari, Dr. Thilini Thrimawithana and PhD candidate Manisha Singh, with roselle flower petals RMIT University For some people who are morbidly obese, changes in diet and lifestyle just aren’t sufficient to shed all the extra weight. A new study suggests that a hibiscus flower extract...
GIFU UNIVERSITY IMAGE: THE MECHANISM OF GIPFA-085-MEDIATED INHIBITION OF DIET-INDUCED OBESITY IN MICE SHOWS THAT GIPS HAVE THERAPEUTIC POTENTIAL IN TREATING OBESITY AND DIABETES CREDIT: TOSHIHIKO YADA FROM GIFU UNIVERSITY The hormone glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) is considered obesogenic. In contrast, GIP receptor agonists (GIPRAs) have shown reduced feeding and body weight in an obese...
Marlene Busko March 02, 2023 Drinking a no-or low-calorie non-nutritive sweetened (NNS) beverage was no different from drinking water in terms of effect on 2-hour postprandial levels of glucose and hormones related to appetite or food intake. Drinking a sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB), however, had a different effect on postprandial levels of glucose and the hormones insulin, glucagon-like...
HELMHOLTZ MUNICH (HELMHOLTZ ZENTRUM MÜNCHEN DEUTSCHES FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM FÜR IMAGE: CITED1 (BLUE), POMC (GREEN) AND LEPTIN RECEPTOR (RED) IMMUNOREACTIVITY IN THE ARCUATE HYPOTHALAMUS. CREDIT: ©CRISTINA GARCIA-CACERES Sex differences exist in the regulation of energy homeostasis, the organism’s mechanism to keep a stable body weight. Current studies indicate for instance that female mammals, including humans, are better...
By Michael Franco February 22, 2023 Unhealthy white fat cells like these are gobbled up by brown fat cells, offering scientists a research target for treating diabetes, obesity and heart disease Depositphotos Take a look at the health influencers clicking up followers on social media these days and you’ll start to notice a trend involving...
UNIVERSITY OF SURREY The human body can predict the timing of regular meals, according to a new study from the University of Surrey. The research team also found that daily blood glucose rhythms may be driven not only by meal timing but by meal size. In the first study of its kind, researchers from Surrey, led by Professor Jonathan...
by University of Bath Representative 24 h trace of continuous glucose trace in all 20 participants recorded by CGMS data at 15 min intervals pre- and post-bed rest. Note; all measures denoted at ‘Post’ refer to at the end of the bed rest protocol, but during its final week. Six-hourly intervals represent segmentation of the 24-h period...
by The Francis Crick Institute Electron micrograph of airway epithelia showing specialised mucus-producing and ciliated cells that help trap and remove external particles. Credit: The Francis Crick Institute Scientists at the Francis Crick Institute have uncovered how cells lining the lung airways change their metabolism, and how this process is key to helping the lungs...
by University of Helsinki NR promotes muscle satellite cell differentiation in the twins from the BMI-discordant pairs. (A) Muscle gene expression level of satellite cell marker PAX7 before versus after NR (n = 9 twin pairs/18 individuals). (B) Immunostaining of PAX7+ satellite cells in muscle cryosections before versus after NR in one representative study participant....
