The discovery of insulin has saved the lives of millions of people with diabetes worldwide, but little is known about the first step of insulin synthesis. The discovery of insulin has saved the lives ...

Researchers recently offered the sharpest-yet picture of how core biochemical pathways in skeletal muscle cells and fat cells are altered in people who suffer from insulin resistance -- a primary ...

Insulin is a hormone that's produced by a specific set of cells in the pancreas, and it functions to regulate blood sugar levels. Serious disease happens when there's a problem with insulin, whether ...

In diabetes, the body doesn't make enough or doesn't respond to a hormone called insulin, which is produced by beta cells in the pancreas. In type 1 diabetes, those beta cells are lost, and people ...

Insulin resistance (IR) is one of the earliest predictors of type 2 diabetes. However, diagnosis of IR is limited. High fat fed mouse models provide key insights into IR. We hypothesized that early ...

Calcium (Ca2+) drives many cellular functions, though the way it controls quality of proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum ...

Menthol provides a cooling minty sensation to chewing gum, cough medicine, and tooth paste. Now researchers want to use it to trigger the production of insulin or other therapeutic proteins in ...

For decades, researchers sought to replace beta-cells, the insulin-producing pancreatic cells, that are lost in diabetes. Ultimately, such an ability would give us a way to combat diabetes in a truly ...

Northwestern University scientists have uncovered a hidden molecular "control switch" inside a protein that helps the body ...

A fascinating new study has discovered an insulin-suppressing protein that can help extend the lifespan of some ants. The research revealed that in a certain species of ant this anti-aging pathway is ...

The discovery of insulin has saved the lives of millions of people with diabetes worldwide, but little is known about the first step of insulin synthesis. Researchers at the University of Michigan ...

image: Researchers from the University of California, San Diego recently offered the sharpest-yet picture of how core biochemical pathways in skeletal muscle cells and fat cells are altered in people ...