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Insulin
Insulin is a hormone which plays a number of roles in the body's metabolism. Insulin regulates how the body uses and stores glucose and fat. Many of the body's cells rely on insulin to take glucose from the blood for energy. It is a naturally-occurring hormone secreted by the pancreas in the body.
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DEC 11, 2022
Immunology
About 30,000 people are diagnosed with type 1 diabetes every year in the United States, and it's a common chronic diseas
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 19, 2022
Health & Medicine
In the modern world, many people are exposed to artificial light at night. It's even become such a problem that dark sky
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 11, 2022
Health & Medicine
The role of a crucial hormone called INSL3 (insulin-like peptide hormone) has been discovered, and it may help predict w
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 18, 2022
Cardiology
Preventing the rise of type 2 diabetes, obesity, and heart disease may require more than just medicine.
Written By:
Savannah Logan
OCT 13, 2022
Technology
Treating and managing diabetes can be a lot of work, and it’s a condition that affects about 10% of Americans to d
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
OCT 03, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
Type 2 diabetes is a disease that impacts the body’s ability to respond to insulin. Insulin is a hormone made by t
...
Written By:
Zoe Michaud
OCT 03, 2022
Technology
In a recent study published in Science Robotics, a team of researchers led by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
SEP 26, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
Diabetes is a chronic disease that causes high levels of blood glucose. This is a result of the pancreas producing insuf
...
Written By:
Zoe Michaud
SEP 07, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
Diabetes is a chronic disease that requires constant monitoring. Patients have to check the level of sugar, or glucose i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 04, 2022
Microbiology
The microbes in our gut are indispensable to our health, and they are affected by what we eat. New research has used a m
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 24, 2022
Health & Medicine
The population of the world is aging, and with that aging will come many health problems. But a new study has identified
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 18, 2022
Plants & Animals
Diabetes is becoming an increasingly common condition. Over 30 million people have diabetes in the U.S, while only 20% o
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
AUG 12, 2022
Cannabis Sciences
Colorado State University researchers examined the pharmacokinetics of cannabidiol (CBD) and its impact on liver functio
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
JUL 21, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
In our best practices blog, we explore how lateral flow assay design affects test performance. Read on to gain a deeper
...
JUL 21, 2022
Immunology
Using cryo-electron microscopy, researchers captured images of a molecule called an autoantibody as it attached to a rec
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 01, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
Mammals, including humans, have at least two different types of fat tissue. White fat is the tissue where energy is prim
...
Written By:
Zoe Michaud
JUL 01, 2022
Neuroscience
Researchers found that insulin release upon seeing or smelling appetizing food depends on a short-term inflammatory resp
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUN 14, 2022
Cardiology
Aerobic exercise is typically associated with weight loss, but weight training also improves weight reduction and may ha
...
Written By:
Savannah Logan
JUN 12, 2022
Plants & Animals
New research conducted by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine suggests that a vegan diet offers a range of
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
MAY 23, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers at Texas Children’s Hospital have identified a possible cause of infantile spasms (IS) as well as a po
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
MAY 18, 2022
Technology
Science fiction has warned us time and time again that creating artificial intelligence (AI) will bring about our doom.
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAY 17, 2022
Health & Medicine
Sedentary literally means sitting or being physically inactive, and we often associate physical activity with exercise,
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAY 15, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
Type 1 diabetes, which affects about 9 to 10 million people globally, occurs when the immune system incorrectly identifi
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
MAY 12, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
The composition of the gut microbiome is predictive of patient responses to statins. The corresponding study was publish
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon