Yale Researchers Develop a New Platform to View Metabolism
Scientists from Yale University have developed a new platform to view metabolism, taking a very big step forward in terms of understanding how metabolism interfaces…
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Researchers Discover Pathway That Controls Metabolism
By analyzing the cellular circuitry underlying the strongest genetic association with obesity, a team of researchers from MIT and Harvard Medical School have unveiled a…
Marijuana Munchies: How the Appetite Center of the Brain Responds to Marijuana
A new study from Yale University observes how the appetite center of the brain responds to marijuana, revealing what drives the hunger brought about by…
Yale Researchers Discover Glucose ‘Control Switch’ Linked to Diabetes
Yale School of Medicine researchers have discovered that the prolyl endopeptidase enzyme is key to sensing glucose levels in the blood, linking it to both…
MPI Researchers Discover a Gene that Controls Fat Metabolism
Researchers from the Max Planck Institute have discovered that the SIRT7 gene plays a central role in energy metabolism, revealing that genetically modified mice that…
Study Reveals Shivering and Exercise Equally Convert White Fat to Brown
New research from the Garvan Institute of Medical Research reveals that shivering and bouts of moderate exercise are equally capable of converting “white fat” into…
UCLA Researchers Show Link Between Diet, Genetics and Obesity
Researchers at UCLA have shown that body-fat responses to high-fat, high-sugar diets have a very strong genetic component and have identified several genetic factors potentially…
Butterflies That Expend The Most Energy Live The Longest
The more energy a creature uses, the more free radicals and other unstable, cell-damaging molecules its body produces. In many cases this can shorten the…
Scientists Map Initial Anti-Aging Formula
A new study indicates that scientists have found a new way of delaying the aging process in mice, and they hope to replicate the finding…
Bactrian Camel Genome Might Help Survival in Harsh Environments
Bactrian camels have sky-high blood glucose levels, a diet loaded with salt, and tend to pack away fat. These evolutionary adaptations help them survive in…
Genes Down-Regulated in Spaceflight Extend the Lifespan of Worms
A team of scientists discovered that spaceflight suppressed the accumulation of toxic proteins and a group of genes, which when lowered in worms back on…
Researchers Identify BAD as Key Seizure-Suppressing Protein
New research from the Harvard Medical School and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute examines why a diet high in fat and low in carbohydrates can reduce…
Obese Children with Genetic Variants Susceptible to Fatty Liver Disease
While conducting a study on liver disease in children, researchers from the Yale School of Medicine found that a common genetic variant was associated with…
Endocannabinoids Could Reduce or Eliminate Obesity
New research published today in the journal Cell Metabolism indicates that endocannabinoids might enable organisms to stay thin without the need for exercise or diets….
