A growing body of work suggests that cell metabolism — the chemical reactions that provide energy and building materials — plays a vital, overlooked role in the first steps of life. Each of us starts ...

More than 200 metabolic enzymes, many of which are normally tasked with producing energy in the mitochondria, are also found ...

Using state of the art techniques, researchers from Uppsala University have shown that the metabolism in patients with type 2 diabetes and prediabetes was much more disturbed than previously known, ...

Lysine-specific demethylase 1 (LSD1), an enzyme involved in gene expression, produces individualized metabolism depending on the type of acute myeloid leukemia cells. Cancer cells have a unique ...

Discover how CKMT2 controls energy balance and mitochondrial health in skeletal muscles, revealing a new link between metabolism and type 2 diabetes management. Study: Decreased mitochondrial creatine ...

In the increasingly personalized world of nutrition science, metabolic typing has emerged as an intriguing approach that suggests a one-size-fits-all diet is fundamentally flawed. This system proposes ...

Glucagon is a pancreatic hormone that plays a crucial role in regulating glucose and whole-body energy metabolism. In individuals with diabetes, the pancreatic alpha cells that produce glucagon are ...

image: Bioengineers from the University of California, San Diego developed an explanation for why some types of neurons die sooner than others in the brains of people with Alzheimer’s disease. These ...

Due to its profound impact on public health and well-being, obesity has become a critical research topic. The rising global prevalence of obesity has placed a tremendous burden on people, communities, ...