Tag: Diabetes

• Understanding biochemical functions of Xanthohumol – a possible avenue to treat metabolic syndrome

  (Corvallis) – Researchers at Oregon State University have made a fundamental advance in understanding xanthohumol – a compound found in hops that’s of significant interest to prevent or treat the lipid and metabolic disorders that are a primary killer of people in the developed world. The scientists identified for the first time more precisely how…

  Sreeram Penna

  October 14, 2016

• Researchers mapped the signaling processes used by Insulin in Fruit flies.

  Fruit flies may be small, but the genetic secrets they can unlock for humans are many. In the current issue of the journal Development, Michigan State University researchers mapped the signaling processes used by insulin in fruit flies. The significance of the discovery in the tiny Drosophila melanogaster, which have been called “Tiny people with…

  Sreeram Penna

  October 5, 2016