A spoonful of sugar may make the medicine go down, but understanding what happens to that sugar in the cell is far more complicated than simple digestion, according to researchers. For sugars to ...

A new in vivo pharmacokinetic recall study involving 114 participants in the Estonian Biobank has provided the first clinical ...

Researchers from the University of Seville have participated in research to identify the molecular details of the regulation ...

Switching off a single enzyme in immune cells protected mice from obesity, type 2 diabetes, and fatty liver disease in a new study, offering a potential new treatment target for metabolic disorders.

The field of cancer research has increasingly focused on the metabolic underpinnings of tumorigenesis, recognizing how the reprogramming of cellular energy ...

New research suggests that decreased activity of ELOVL2 -- a key enzyme in lipid metabolism -- accelerates white blood cell aging and alters genes associated with the onset of blood cancers. Our ...

Scientists have identified the role an enzyme, crucial to the body’s metabolism, plays in the development of kidney disease, opening the door to new methods of prevention and treatment of this ...

Scientists at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) have completed a spaceflight biology investigation aboard the International Space Station (ISS) that reveals how microgravity fundamentally ...

Jonathan Long, an exercise physiologist and coauthor of the study, said that the reasons why exercise improves health are largely mysterious. “It’s one of the best things you can do for yourself. And ...

A research team has uncovered and reconstructed the complete biosynthetic pathway of polyphyllin II—a potent anticancer ...