Biological Cross-talk Between Body's Circadian Rhythm and Metabolism Identified
Researchers have identified a protein that explains the biological co-ordination between body's 24-hour, or circadian schedule, and metabolism. It's well known that the body's energy levels cycle on a...
View ArticleIntricate Details On Ovarian Cancer Cell Metabolism Uncovered
Scientists have uncovered critical new details about the mechanisms that modulate the response of ovarian cancer cells to chemotherapy. The research, published by Cell Press in the December issue of...
View ArticleSignificant Effects of Cocaine on Brain Metabolism may Lead to Abuse!
Cocaine,the brain's 'reward' chemical, which has a significant effect on brain metabolism might lead to abuse confirms a research by the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory....
View ArticleAlcohol Metabolism Genes Linked to Breast Cancer in Postmenopausal Women
Researchers in the US have found that specific variations within two genes involved with alcohol metabolism are linked to an increased risk for breast cancer in postmenopausal women. The work,...
View ArticleMetabolism Variation Studied With Urine Samples
Researchers at Imperial College London have revealed that they have found the reason behind diversity in human metabolism by studying frozen urine samples. Two researchers, Elaine Holmes and Ruey Leng...
View ArticleMetabolic Rates Found to be Similar in Humans, Elephants, Trees, Bacteria
A new study has said that metabolic rate and body mass do not have any consistent relationship. Anastassia Makarieva, a researcher from Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute in St. Petersburg, Russia,...
View ArticleRole of Sugar in Cell Metabolism may Provide Clues to New Therapies
Sugar plays a significant role in how cells work, Johns Hopkins scientists have found, thus paving the way for new therapies for a number of diseases like diabetes, neurodegeneration, and cancer. The...
View ArticleRestore Glucose Metabolism by Lining a Portion of Small Intestine
Scientists conducted a study on an animal model of obesity-induced diabetes and found that weight loss and restoration of normal glucose metabolism was possible by lining the small intestine with an...
View ArticleMetabolism Boost Best With Regular Three-minute Workouts
Fitness is more about quality than quantity of exercise - that's what a new study's results have revealed. It has opined that regular and intense three-minute workouts can do wonders in boosting...
View ArticleGene Mutation That Hinders Metabolism and Causes Obesity Discovered
The cause for obesity lies in the functioning of a certain gene, reports a team of American researchers. They have found that this gene, when mutated, hinders the body's ability to burn energy while...
View ArticleNew Study Casts Doubt On The Theory That Higher Metabolism Means Shorter...
A new research led by Lobke Vaanholt (University of Groningen, The Netherlands), has cast significant doubt on the theory that a higher metabolism means a shorter lifespan. In the study, the...
View ArticleBody Clock, Metabolism Link Could Lead to Cancer Treatment
Researchers at University of California, Irvine, have found that circadian rhythms, our own body clock, regulate energy levels in cells. According to researchers, the findings could provide greater...
View ArticleHow The Body Clock Controls Metabolism And Ageing
In a study on mice, a team of scientists have found how the biological circadian clock mechanism in animals corresponds with processes that control aging and metabolism. The findings by researchers at...
View ArticleNew MRI Signaling Method Could Picture Disease Metabolism In Action
Duke University chemists are using modified magnetic resonance imaging to see molecular changes inside people's bodies that could signal health problems such as cancer. Their new method, reported in...
View ArticlePeptide Linked to Glucose Metabolism and Neuronal Cell Survival
A cellular protein that may prevent nerve cells from dying also helps to improve insulin action and lower blood glucose levels, according to a study by researchers at Albert Einstein College of...
View ArticleScientists Find Unique Patterns In Human Metabolism That Can Be A Another...
In ACS' monthly publication the Journal of Proteome Research (Aug. 7th issue) scientists report evidence from studies in humans for the existence of unique patterns in metabolism. Fingerprints move...
View ArticlePancreatic Tumor Aggressiveness can be Predicted by Blood-Flow Metabolism...
A blood-flow glucose consumption mismatch that predicted pancreatic tumor aggressiveness has been identified by researchers from Turku, Finland. These are the results of a study published in IClinical...
View ArticleInfertility Treatment Could be Improved by Identifying the Metabolism of a...
A fast, non-invasive test to help assess embryo viability for IVF is being developed by researchers at Yale School of Medicine, led by Emre Seli, M.D. Such a test is needed because embryos that are...
View ArticleNew Metabolism Mechanism Discovered For Date Rape Drug
A new study has discovered that there is more than one way in which the date-rape drug-4-hydroxybutyrate (4-HB)-can be metabolised by the human body. Ohio and Michigan researchers have determined new...
View ArticleDisgraced Johnson's Drink was Spiked With Anabolic Steroid
It has emerged that disgraced 1988 Seoul Games 100 meter winner Ben Johnson has obtained an explosive confession from a mystery man who had access to the Olympic doping control room at the 1988 Seoul...
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