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Prevalence of organ impairment in Long COVID patients 6 and 12 months after initial symptoms

Researchers assessed the prevalence of organ impairment in long COVID six months and a year post-COVID-19 at London and Oxford.

24 Mar 2022

Breathlessness and fatigue most common in self reported long-COVID

A new systematic review and meta-analysis posted to the medRxiv* preprint server has focussed on investigating the respiratory outcomes and functional recovery of patients eight weeks post-hospitalization with COVID-19 disease.

24 Mar 2022

Powerful tool to monitor membrane proteins trafficking for drug discovery

Inside your body on the surface of cell membranes, a metaphorical communication and traffic network is underway as hormones - or chemical messengers - bind to cell membrane receptors to fine tune how the cell behaves.

22 Mar 2022

New inhibitor shows promise in fighting obesity and preventing heart disease

An interdisciplinary research team at The University of Texas at San Antonio has successfully developed an innovative inhibitor that shows promise in fighting obesity and potentially preventing heart disease.

4 Mar 2022

Research shows intergenerational effects of preconception opioids in male offspring rats

New research from scientists at Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University suggests opioid use before pregnancy-; even if not used during pregnancy itself-; could result in a higher likelihood that a mother's male offspring will develop type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome, conditions that increase the risk of heart disease and stroke.

28 Feb 2022

Novel mechanism that connects circadian rhythm and muscle repair discovered

Northwestern Medicine investigators have discovered a novel mechanism that connects circadian rhythm-controlled cellular metabolism and regeneration with muscle repair after injury, according to recent findings published in the journal Genes and Development.

28 Feb 2022

Study provides a promising new avenue for development of anti-obesity treatments

An anti-tumor drug promotes weight loss in mice at low doses by activating a natural hunger-suppressing pathway, according to a new study publishing February 24th in the open-access journal PLOS Biology by Jiang Wei Wu and colleagues at Northwest A&F University in Shaanxi, China.

24 Feb 2022

New therapeutic approach offers hope to treat obesity and related metabolic disorders

Scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a new therapeutic approach to obesity and related metabolic disorders that in laboratory experiments demonstrated a significant reduction in body fat, body weight, and improvement in the blood markers that accompany these disorders.

25 Jan 2022

Oral supplement appears to promote muscle endurance and mitochondrial health in humans

An oral supplement intended to stimulate a natural body process appears to promote muscle endurance and mitochondrial health in humans.

20 Jan 2022

Researchers receive CZI grant to support Asian Immune Diversity Atlas project

A team of researchers, led by the Agency for Science, Technology and Research's Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS), was awarded the prestigious Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Ancestry Network Grant in support of their Asian Immune Diversity Atlas (AIDA) project.

18 Dec 2021

Long-term exposure to air pollution linked to metabolic-associated fatty liver disease

Metabolic-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) is a growing global health challenge and poses a substantial economic burden. A large-scale epidemiologic study in China has identified links between long-term exposure to ambient air pollution and MAFLD.

6 Dec 2021

Chronic exposure to particulate matter linked with high blood pressure

According to the WHO, air pollution is the greatest health risk worldwide, accounting for more than 4.2 million deaths annually.

4 Dec 2021

Researchers identify a single protein that balances sugar and fat metabolism in the liver

Keeping everything running smoothly inside the human body is a tricky business that involves a multitude of checks and balances to make sure that an exquisite equilibrium is maintained.

2 Nov 2021

Washington University receives $7.5 million to support NIH's research on senescent cells

Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis is joining the National Institutes of Health's new research network focused on the study of senescent cells, a rare and important population of cells that is difficult to study but vital for understanding aging and the diseases of aging, including cancer and neurodegeneration.

20 Oct 2021

Engineered 3D scaffolds of human brown adipose tissue as a new therapeutic strategy for obesity and diabetes

A group of researchers from various institutes in the USA addressed the limitations of BAT therapy by transplanting a low dose of brown adipocytes (BAs) without Matrigel to determine if this could alleviate high-fat diet-induced OB, metabolic symptoms, and T2DM in mice.

18 Oct 2021

Mapping proteo-genomic connections between different human diseases

Hundreds of connections between different human diseases have been uncovered through their shared origin in our genome by an international research team led by scientists from the Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit at the University of Cambridge, challenging the categorization of diseases by organ, symptoms, or clinical specialty.

15 Oct 2021

Metabolic Disorders News and Research

Prevalence of organ impairment in Long COVID patients 6 and 12 months after initial symptoms

Breathlessness and fatigue most common in self reported long-COVID

Powerful tool to monitor membrane proteins trafficking for drug discovery

New inhibitor shows promise in fighting obesity and preventing heart disease

Research shows intergenerational effects of preconception opioids in male offspring rats

Novel mechanism that connects circadian rhythm and muscle repair discovered

Study provides a promising new avenue for development of anti-obesity treatments

New therapeutic approach offers hope to treat obesity and related metabolic disorders

Oral supplement appears to promote muscle endurance and mitochondrial health in humans

Researchers receive CZI grant to support Asian Immune Diversity Atlas project

Long-term exposure to air pollution linked to metabolic-associated fatty liver disease

Chronic exposure to particulate matter linked with high blood pressure

Researchers identify a single protein that balances sugar and fat metabolism in the liver

Washington University receives $7.5 million to support NIH's research on senescent cells

Engineered 3D scaffolds of human brown adipose tissue as a new therapeutic strategy for obesity and diabetes

Mapping proteo-genomic connections between different human diseases

Researchers identify neurons and signaling pathways that make sexually receptive females more active

Research reveals 3D structure of cell receptor with critical role in health and disease

Researchers identify new biomarker for severe COVID-19

Adolescents' breakfast habits affected by socio-economic and gender inequalities, study finds

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

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