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Depleted metabolic enzymes contribute to tumor growth in renal cancer

Kidney cancer, one of the ten most prevalent malignancies in the world, has increased in incidence over the last decade, likely due to rising obesity rates.

10 May 2018

Fat-controlling hormones increase metabolism in both exercise and cold

Sad but true, we don't all respond equally to exercise. Researchers at Joslin Diabetes Center have uncovered a new kind of clue to this variable response--a hormone whose levels in the bloodstream rise sharply in exercise as well as in cold.

2 May 2018

Roswell Park researchers identify driver of cancer-promoting metabolic changes

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers have identified a potential key player promoting cancer progression through changes in the cell environment that are conducive to metastasis.

17 Apr 2018

Researchers find possible therapeutic strategy to block self-eating in pancreatic cancers

To get the extra energy they need to fuel their uncontrolled growth, cancer cells break down some of their own parts for fuel - a process known as autophagy, or "self-eating."

13 Apr 2018

Study reveals unexpected mechanism that induces thirst after alcohol or sugar exposure

Why does drinking alcohol or consuming sugar make us thirsty? An international study of mice in Texas and humans in Europe reveals an unexpected anti-dehydration mechanism.

12 Apr 2018

Finding new drug target for common form of lung cancer

Research by Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey investigators has identified novel functions of the superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1) enzyme providing support that it could serve as a therapeutic target in the most common type of lung cancer.

10 Apr 2018

Autofluorescence imaging evaluates cell metabolism and wound healing

Kyle Quinn, assistant professor of biomedical engineering at the University of Arkansas, has published a review highlighting recent advances in autofluorescence imaging and discussing its role in evaluating cell metabolism.

5 Apr 2018

Researchers discover how muscles regulate oxygen consumption

A new study by researchers from Karolinska Institutet shows that an enzyme called FIH determines how muscles consume oxygen. Without the enzyme, the need for oxygen increases during physical exercise. The finding is of potential significance to elite athletes, who have been found to have higher levels of FIH in their muscles than others.

3 Apr 2018

American Gene Technologies receives second immuno-oncology patent

American Gene Technologies International Inc., a leading gene and cell therapy company, today announced receipt of a second immuno-oncology patent on the stimulation of gamma delta T cells for treating solid tumors in epithelial cancers.

20 Mar 2018

New study identifies the body's 'glucostat'

It is the pancreatic islets that have the overall responsibility for maintaining normal blood glucose levels in our bodies, according to a new study by researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, USA.

6 Mar 2018

Preventing metabolic exhaustion in immune cells could enhance effects of immunotherapy

If you're an immune cell gearing up to fight cancer, you'd better eat your breakfast. The tumor microenvironment is a harsh place, and tumor cells are ready to wear you out.

6 Mar 2018

Study reveals relationship between circadian rhythm and mitochondrial network

Cellular energy metabolism also follows the rhythm of the circadian clock. A University of Basel study has now shown exactly how this works by revealing the relationship between the circadian rhythm and the mitochondrial network for the first time.

6 Mar 2018

Study reveals how carbohydrate-restricted diet improves metabolism

New details about how a carbohydrate-restricted diet improves metabolism were revealed in a study published today, which could lead to improved treatments for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.

15 Feb 2018

Cervical tumors may be vulnerable to therapies that attack cancer's fuel supply, study shows

Cancer therapies have improved -- in some cases dramatically -- over the past two decades, but treatment for cervical cancer has remained largely unchanged. All patients receive radiation and chemotherapy, yet despite the aggressive approach, the regimen fails in about one-third of patients with cervical cancer that has spread beyond the cervix but not outside the pelvis.

15 Feb 2018

Salk scientists uncover how the liver can have a speedy response to food

Minutes after you eat a meal, as nutrients rush into your bloodstream, your body makes massive shifts in how it breaks down and stores fats and sugars.

9 Feb 2018

Study shows why insulin secretion does not work properly in type 2 diabetic individuals

In a new study, researchers from the universities of Uppsala and Lund show why insulin secretion is not working properly in patients suffering from type-2 diabetes.

6 Feb 2018

EXD2 enzyme facilitates protein production in mitochondria

Researchers from the Genomic Instability and Cancer Laboratory at Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) have identified a key role for EXD2 in protein production in the mitochondria, the cellular organelles responsible for the majority of energy generation.

17 Jan 2018

Cell Metabolism News and Research

Depleted metabolic enzymes contribute to tumor growth in renal cancer

Fat-controlling hormones increase metabolism in both exercise and cold

Roswell Park researchers identify driver of cancer-promoting metabolic changes

Researchers find possible therapeutic strategy to block self-eating in pancreatic cancers

Study reveals unexpected mechanism that induces thirst after alcohol or sugar exposure

Finding new drug target for common form of lung cancer

Autofluorescence imaging evaluates cell metabolism and wound healing

Researchers discover how muscles regulate oxygen consumption

American Gene Technologies receives second immuno-oncology patent

New study identifies the body's 'glucostat'

Preventing metabolic exhaustion in immune cells could enhance effects of immunotherapy

Study reveals relationship between circadian rhythm and mitochondrial network

Study reveals how carbohydrate-restricted diet improves metabolism

Cervical tumors may be vulnerable to therapies that attack cancer's fuel supply, study shows

Salk scientists uncover how the liver can have a speedy response to food

Study shows why insulin secretion does not work properly in type 2 diabetic individuals

EXD2 enzyme facilitates protein production in mitochondria

New 3-D imaging system offers insight into potential obesity and diabetes treatments

3D images of fat cells reveal potential targets to fight against obesity

Researchers discover promising drug that shrinks excess fat without lowering food intake

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