metabolism

Scientists discover a new mechanism for how fat generates heat by building and breaking fats down in peroxisomes.

Researchers have spent decades studying how cancer cells adapt and evolve to survive in new environments. Yet, one question remains largely unexplored: Once a cancer cell has settled in a new organ, does it change? Or does it still behave like it belongs…

Is having a “fast metabolism” a fixed characteristic? Or is it something that you can change?

Why can losing weight be so challenging? How does obesity contribute to the development of type 2 diabetes?

Scientists discover how an obesity-driven hormone may drive the transition to type 2 diabetes by affecting blood vessel cells’ insulin sensitivity

Researchers uncover a previously underappreciated role of white adipose tissue in causing trauma induced hyperglycemia and insulin resistance.

Newly-found gut bacteria linked to reduced levels of the harmful cholesterol that contributes to cardiovascular disease.

Researchers have gathered data about how metabolism changes in the body during pregnancy and what that might mean for maternal diseases.

Shorter lifespan in worms is linked to changes in gene activity that in turn alter sugar metabolism. This highlights the importance of gene activity rather than DNA mutations as a driving force of aging.

A new study indicates that anorexia could be, at least partly, a metabolic disorder with a genetic cause. This poses interesting possibilities for future treatments.