Could scorpion venom inspire new treatments for liver disease?
From blocking inflammatory immune pathways to disrupting hepatitis viruses, scorpion-derived peptides are attracting attention as potential drug candidates,…
Gut bacterial molecule discovered to drive serious bile duct disease
Researchers at the University of Oslo and Oslo University Hospital have, together with international collaborators, discovered that a…
Semaglutide extended lifespan in older female mice, but that was not the only finding
A late-life experiment reveals how a widely used metabolic drug reshapes age-related physiology and molecular pathways, with effects…
Blocking a key protein protects against metabolic liver damage
Obesity-related metabolic liver disease affects hundreds of millions of people worldwide, but only some fraction of those livers…
Early-onset bowel cancer shows distinct biological and clinical features
One of Australia’s largest real world studies of younger adults with advanced bowel cancer has identified important differences…
Stanford scientists develop an ultracompact gene activation tool
The ability to precisely adjust the expression of genes inside the human body – ramping up protective ones…
Study shows how cancer can act as a systemic disease
In their quest to understand how cancers take root, grow and spread, scientists have for the past half-century…
UofL receives new federal funding to advance metabolic health research
Chronic health conditions such as diabetes, obesity, heart disease and metabolic liver disease have sharply increased in recent…
Phytoene in tomatoes may help protect against fatty liver disease
Aug 26 2026 New study suggests a lesser-known compound in tomatoes may help protect against fatty liver disease,…
UC Berkeley researchers find new potential treatment for obesity and diabetes
Over the past five years, medications called GLP-1s have revolutionized the treatment of metabolic disorders like obesity, diabetes…
New vaccination approach turns mosquito bites into immunity boosters
Researchers from WEHI (Melbourne, Australia) have discovered a new way to help prevent malaria that could one day…
Combination therapy overcomes ferroptosis resistance in β-catenin-mutant hepatocellular carcinoma
Background and aims The aberrant activation of the mTOR pathway and its crosstalk with other signaling cascades represent…