Off-label GLP-1 use highlights the cultural pressures driving body anxieties
A new sociomedical perspective shows how off-label use of GLP-1 drugs for slimness is redefining what counts as…
Hansal Mehta questions why ozempic & mounjaro have become ‘bad words’: “It’s helping millions live healthier” |
Filmmaker Hansal Mehta has spoken out about the growing stigma around modern medications used to treat metabolic disorders…
High fat diet exacerbated glycolipid metabolism disorder in kidney Yang deficiency rats by interfering with IRS 1-PI3K (p85) -Akt-GLUT 4 pathway | Lipids in Health and Disease
Jones JG. Hepatic glucose and lipid metabolism. Diabetologia. 2016;59:1098–103. CAS PubMed Google Scholar Unruh D, Srinivasan R, Benson…
Gut probiotic Christensenella tenuis reduces endotoxemia and improves metabolism in obese mice
This study is reported by the team of Professor Shuang-jiang Liu from Shandong University. The study reveals that…
Scientists Solve Medical Mystery Behind Rare Multi-Organ Disease
Scientists have uncovered the genetic cause of a mysterious multi-organ disease, tracing it to faulty versions of the…
Female-specific mechanism enhances heat production in brown fat
Higher activity of PGC-1α enables brown fat cells in females to thermogenic activity and energy expenditure compared to…
WHO adds GLP-1RAs to essential medicines list
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has added key obesity and type 2 diabetes (T2D) medications semaglutide, tirzepatide, liraglutide…
Genetic suppression features ABHD18 as a Barth syndrome therapeutic target
Schlame, M. & Xu, Y. The function of tafazzin, a mitochondrial phospholipid-lysophospholipid acyltransferase. J. Mol. Biol. 432, 5043–5051…