Research Articles
The Hunger-Iron Connection: How Your Body's Sugar Factory Controls a Vital Mineral
Discover how your body's sugar-making process regulates iron levels through the hormone hepcidin, revealing a sophisticated survival mechanism.
The Fasting Crisis: When Metabolic Flexibility Fails in Genetically Altered Mice
Explore how fasting induces ketoacidosis and hypothermia in PDHK2/PDHK4-double-knockout mice and the implications for diabetes treatment.
How a Tiny Molecule in Your Bloodstream Could Prevent Diabetes-Related Blindness
Discover how miR-424-5p, a tiny molecule, protects retinal cells from high glucose damage and could prevent diabetic retinopathy.
The Hunger Gene: How Ghrelin Influences Your Diabetes Risk
Explore how ghrelin, the hunger hormone, and its genetic variants influence type 2 diabetes risk, complications, and potential treatments.
The Sugar Switch: How a Newborn Calf's Liver Masters Glucose Control
Explore the delicate hormonal dance that keeps a newborn calf alive and thriving through gluconeogenesis regulation by insulin and glucagon.
Fixing the Sugar Pipes: How a Lab-Grown Protein Repairs Diabetic Kidneys
Discover how recombinant insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) normalizes renal glucose transporters in diabetic kidneys, offering new therapeutic approaches for diabetes treatment.
The Hidden Architect: Exploring the Blueprints of Life's Physiology
Discover how physiological architecture follows elegant design principles in this exploration of the body's biological blueprints.
The Magnesium Mirage: Unraveling a Preeclampsia Puzzle
Exploring the crucial differences in magnesium levels between normal pregnancy and preeclampsia, and what this means for maternal health.
Young Hearts at Risk: Unraveling the Cholesterol Mystery in Children with Diabetes
Exploring how metabolic control, obesity, and genetics impact lipid profiles in children with Type 1 Diabetes and their long-term cardiovascular health.
The Double Agent: How Insulin Commandeers a Cell's Engine to Fuel Cancer
Discover how insulin regulates the glycolytic enzyme PKM2 to enhance cancer cell metabolism and fuel tumor growth through the Warburg Effect.