Metabolism News and Research

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Researchers discover a rational source of pain in skin of patients with fibromyalgia

Fibromyalgia, a painful condition affecting approximately 10 million people in the U.S., is not imaginary after all, as some doctors have believed. A discovery, published this month in PAIN MEDICINE (the journal of the American Academy of Pain Medicine), clearly now demonstrates that fibromyalgia may have a rational biological basis located in the skin.

19 Jun 2013

Research findings may pave way for new strategy to combat lung cancer

Recent research has shown that cancer cells have a much different - and more complex - metabolism than normal cells. Now, scientists at The University of Texas at Dallas have found that exploiting these differences might provide a new strategy to combat lung cancer.

19 Jun 2013

FGF21 endocrine hormone which reduces glucose levels also protects against cardiac diseases in mice

A research group has found that FGF21, an endocrine factor which reduces glucose levels, protects against cardiac diseases in mice. The research, published online on the journal Nature Communications, was led by Francesc Villarroya, professor from the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of the UB and Director of the Institute of Biomedicine of the University of Barcelona (IBUB), affiliated centre with the campus of international excellence BKC.

18 Jun 2013

Drug increases amount of energy burned by fat tissue and promotes weight loss

A drug that mimics the activity of thyroid hormone significantly increases the amount of energy burned by fat tissue and promotes weight loss, an animal study of metabolism finds. The results were presented Sunday at The Endocrine Society's 95th Annual Meeting in San Francisco.

18 Jun 2013

Study: Male mice fed with high-fat diet are more likely to father offspring with higher levels of body fat

Male mice who were fed a high-fat diet and became obese were more likely to father offspring who also had higher levels of body fat, a new Ohio University study finds.

17 Jun 2013

NGM, MedImmune partner to develop novel therapeutics for treatment of diabetes and obesity

NGM Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. and MedImmune, the global biologics research and development arm of AstraZeneca, announced today that they have entered into an exclusive agreement to discover, develop and commercialize novel therapeutics from NGM's enteroendocrine cell program for the treatment of type 2 diabetes and obesity.

17 Jun 2013

New research reports that UnaG protein could lead to new liver test

Many scientists dream of making a single discovery that provides fundamental insight into nature, may be used to help save human lives, and can assist in the preservation of an endangered species. In new research reported in the journal Cell, a Japanese team is on the verge of accomplishing this nearly impossible feat.

17 Jun 2013

Researchers uncover DNA damage checkpoint used by cells to monitor oxidatively damaged DNA

In current health lore, antioxidants are all the rage, as "everybody knows" that reducing the amount of "reactive oxygen species" -- cell-damaging molecules that are byproducts of cellular metabolism -- is critical to staying healthy. What everyone doesn't know is that our bodies already have a complex set of processes built into our cells that handle these harmful byproducts of living and repair the damage they cause.

15 Jun 2013

Research: Deep brain stimulation is associated with weight loss trend in morbidly obese patients

The first use of deep brain stimulation to the brain's so-called "feeding center" - the lateral hypothalamic area (LHA) - was associated with a weight loss trend in morbidly obese patients whose stimulation was tuned to increase metabolism with novel guidance from metabolic chamber data, according to a pilot study presented at the International Neuromodulation Society's 11th World Congress by Dr. Michael Oh of the Department of Neurosurgery at the Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pa.

14 Jun 2013

Pew funds early-career scientists researching the basis of perplexing health problems

Twenty-two of the nation's most enterprising researchers were named Pew Scholars in the Biomedical Sciences by The Pew Charitable Trusts today. The scholarships provide flexible funding to early-career scientists researching the basis of perplexing health problems such as diabetes, autism, Parkinson's disease, and cancer.

14 Jun 2013

Endocrine Society launches Endocrine Press

The Endocrine Society is launching Endocrine Press, a new publishing imprint that will issue print and electronic books as well as journals for a broad audience of health care professionals and patients.

14 Jun 2013

TEDDY study enables scientists to parse genetic mutations associated with type 1 diabetes

Massive samples emanating from a decade-old, international initiative to determine how genetics and environment cause type 1 diabetes are giving scientists a unique perspective on which molecular and environmental factors really contribute to the disease.

14 Jun 2013

Scientists measure major difference between brains of patients with Alzheimer's disease and healthy family members

Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have measured a significant and potentially pivotal difference between the brains of patients with an inherited form of Alzheimer's disease and healthy family members who do not carry a mutation for the disease.

13 Jun 2013

Diabetes Calculator for Kids: An electronic tool that helps parents manage their child's diabetes

Nationwide Children's Hospital recently developed an online resource to help parents manage their child's diabetes more effectively and care for their health at home.

13 Jun 2013

PET technique detects coronary disease much earlier than other leading imaging methods

Coronary artery disease (CAD) is one of the world's most prevalent and silent killers. Positron emission tomography (PET), which images miniscule abnormalities in cellular metabolism, can tip off clinicians about cardiac disasters waiting to happen- including sudden death from a heart attack-better than standard angiography, researchers revealed at the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging's 2013 Annual Meeting.

12 Jun 2013

Hypometabolism in brain regions of cognitively normal patients associated with Alzheimer's disease

Alzheimer's disease has been linked in many studies to amyloid plaque buildup in the brain, but new research is finding a common thread between amyloid burden and lower energy levels, or metabolism, of neurons in certain areas of the brain associated with Alzheimer's disease-even for people with no sign of cognitive decline.

12 Jun 2013

Drug development could be improved with stem cell technology, say researchers

Drug development for a range of conditions could be improved with stem cell technology that helps doctors predict the safety and the effectiveness of potential treatments.

12 Jun 2013

PET and MR imaging can improve quality of life and survival for advanced breast cancer patients

For patients with advanced breast cancer, positron emission tomography and magnetic resonance imaging can improve quality of life and survival by providing physicians with information on the effectiveness of chemotherapy prior to surgery, say researchers presenting at the 2013 Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging.

12 Jun 2013

Studies demonstrate that combined therapy could destroy drug-resistant cells within melanoma tumor

Advanced metastatic melanoma is a disease that has proven difficult to eradicate. Despite the success of melanoma-targeting drugs, tumors inevitably become drug resistant and return, more aggressive than before. In the current issue of the journal Cancer Cell, however, researchers at The Wistar Institute describe how they increase the effectiveness of anti-melanoma drugs by combining anticancer therapies with diabetes drugs.

12 Jun 2013

New weapon in the fight against childhood brain cancer emerges

A relatively new weapon in the fight against childhood brain cancer has emerged that improves upon standard magnetic resonance imaging by providing information about tumor metabolism and extent of cancer in children diagnosed with glioma, a growth caused by the abnormal division of glial cells in the brain, say researchers at the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging's 2013 Annual Meeting.

11 Jun 2013

Metabolism News and Research

Latest Metabolism News and Research

Researchers discover a rational source of pain in skin of patients with fibromyalgia

Research findings may pave way for new strategy to combat lung cancer

FGF21 endocrine hormone which reduces glucose levels also protects against cardiac diseases in mice

Drug increases amount of energy burned by fat tissue and promotes weight loss

Study: Male mice fed with high-fat diet are more likely to father offspring with higher levels of body fat

NGM, MedImmune partner to develop novel therapeutics for treatment of diabetes and obesity

New research reports that UnaG protein could lead to new liver test

Researchers uncover DNA damage checkpoint used by cells to monitor oxidatively damaged DNA

Research: Deep brain stimulation is associated with weight loss trend in morbidly obese patients

Pew funds early-career scientists researching the basis of perplexing health problems

Endocrine Society launches Endocrine Press

TEDDY study enables scientists to parse genetic mutations associated with type 1 diabetes

Scientists measure major difference between brains of patients with Alzheimer's disease and healthy family members

Diabetes Calculator for Kids: An electronic tool that helps parents manage their child's diabetes

PET technique detects coronary disease much earlier than other leading imaging methods

Hypometabolism in brain regions of cognitively normal patients associated with Alzheimer's disease

Drug development could be improved with stem cell technology, say researchers

PET and MR imaging can improve quality of life and survival for advanced breast cancer patients

Studies demonstrate that combined therapy could destroy drug-resistant cells within melanoma tumor

New weapon in the fight against childhood brain cancer emerges

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