Stimulating a receptor in adipocytes enhanced energy expenditure and caused sustained weight loss in mice, offering targets ...

A new study reveals that while the molecular structure of liver metabolism remains intact during starvation, obesity disrupts ...

“They are excited to go home,” Patarroyo says, beaming. Investigators the world over occasionally use wild primates for medical research, but Patarroyo says he is the only one who returns them.

So far, two strategies have been used to deliver wild-type genes (O'Connor & Crystal, 2006): Ex vivo approaches, which require the use of a cell population that can be removed from a patient ...

Evidence suggests that in Parkinson’s disease, a breakdown in lysosomal function allows lipids to build up within cells. Variants of the GBA1 gene, the strongest genetic risk factor for sporadic PD, ...

This modified strain is too weak to cause measles, but it is similar enough to the wild type measles virus to train the immune system to recognize it. Most people who have received the live ...