A research team led by Prof. Chen Yan and Prof. Yang Lifeng from the Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health of the Chinese Academy of Sciences revealed a physiological function of monocarboxylate ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Adults in South Korea with diabetes had a higher risk for cardiovascular disease, coronary heart disease and ...

The muscular system works to control the movement of our body and internal organs. Muscle tissue contains something called muscle fibers. Muscle fibers consist of a single muscle cell. They help to ...

Abnormally high blood sugar (glucose) levels can result in Type 2 diabetes when things go awry with the body's skeletal muscle, which plays a key role in regulating glucose. Scientists are using in ...

Respiration is the transfer of electrons from substrates to oxygen, a process that moves protons out of the mitochondrial matrix to establish a chemiosmotic gradient. The potential energy of this ...

Almost all cells regulate their biological processes over a 24-hour period, otherwise called a cell's circadian rhythm. To do so, cells use a biological clock that cycles different genes on and off ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Decreases in skeletal muscle mass are associated with cognitive decline in type 2 diabetes, particularly among ...

Tokyo, Japan – Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have shown that the protein Musashi-2 (Msi2) plays a key role in the regulation of mass and metabolic processes in skeletal muscle. They ...

The innate immune system comprises of various soluble factors that provide the first line of defense against pathogens. Transforming Growth Factor type Beta 1 (TGF-β1) is one such soluble factor that ...