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Inheritance of hormonal disorder marked by excessive insulin in daughters

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jul 28, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Elevated levels of insulin could be an early sign that girls whose mothers suffer from polycystic ovary syndrome -- or PCOS -- may also be susceptible to the disease, according to gynecologists who have found evidence of ...





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Researchers discover mechanism of insulin production that can lead to better treatment for diabetes

Researchers discover mechanism of insulin production that can lead to better treatment for diabetes

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

How a specific gene within the pancreas affects secretion of insulin has been discovered by researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, in collaboration with Japanese and American universities. Their ...


Drugs that act on 'fasting signal' may curb insulin resistance in obese

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A report in the March issue of Cell Metabolism, a Cell Press publication, has found that a signal known to play a role during fasting also switches on early in the fat tissue of obese mice as they progress toward type 2 diab ...


High insulin levels impair intestinal metabolic function

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created Apr 24, 2007 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Nutritional scientists at the University of Alberta are the first to establish a connection between high insulin levels and dysfunction of intestinal lipid metabolism in an animal model. They believe this finding supports ...


Novel link between excessive nutrient levels and insulin resistance

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created Feb 21, 2008 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (13) | comments 0

For quite some time now, scientists suspected the so-called hexosamine pathway — a small side business of the main sugar processing enterprise inside a cell — to be involved in the development of insulin resistance. But they ...


Scientists discover leptin can also aid type 1 diabetics

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created Aug 25, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (32) | comments 0

Terminally ill rodents with type 1 diabetes have been restored to full health with a single injection of a substance other than insulin by scientists at UT Southwestern Medical Center.


Cardiovascular risk in youth with type 1 diabetes linked primarily to insulin resistance

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created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

According to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM), youth with type 1 diabetes have now been found to have abnormal insulin resistance. Having abnor ...


Key protein molecule linked to diverse human chronic inflammatory diseases

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created Sep 15, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Liwu Li, associate professor of biological sciences at Virginia Tech, has revealed a common connection between the cellular innate immunity network and human chronic inflammatory diseases, including atherosclerosis, Type ...


Study finds best use of insulin as diabetes progresses

Study finds best use of insulin as diabetes progresses

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created Oct 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- A large-scale trial in diabetes patients has provided new evidence on how best to add insulin to standard drugs to control blood sugar levels as type 2 diabetes progresses.


Gene produces hormones that lead to obesity

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Jul 14, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Obesity and common weight gain share a genetic basis. Professor Philippe Froguel, from Imperial College in Great Britain, and his team from the laboratoire Génomique et physiologie moléculaire des maladies ...


Findings show insulin -- not genes -- linked to obesity

Findings show insulin -- not genes -- linked to obesity

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created Apr 14, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Researchers have uncovered new evidence suggesting factors other than genes could cause obesity, finding that genetically identical cells store widely differing amounts of fat depending on subtle variations ...



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