Researchers at the Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine have uncovered a key primary step in the hepatic ERK pathway that leads to increased insulin production. The research is published in ...

Shifting brain glucose levels act as a metabolic switch that directs OPC proliferation and myelin formation, revealing a mechanism with developmental and clinical implications.

Investigators led by Navdeep Chandel, Ph.D., the David W. Cugell, MD, Professor of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, have discovered how the metabolism of mitochondria supports ...

The answers to some of medicine’s most challenging problems can come from the most unlikely sources. Who would have thought ...

"We tested the extract in different human prostate cancer cell models, and found that it was capable of reducing various tumor aggressiveness parameters, including cell proliferation," explained ...

Senescent cells walk a tightrope, risking cell death with high levels of iron and other damaging agents, but compensating for this by overproducing a protective protein, GPX4, which staves off death.