A new study from Rutgers University links higher body dissatisfaction, BMI, and maladaptive weight loss behaviors with ...

The Pre-College Program in Computational Biology offers comprehensive training in both state-of-the-art laboratory techniques for generating biological data and the computational methods necessary to ...

April 2025 – Together with world-renowned scientists including Prof. Joel F. Habener, Prof. Jens Juul Holst and Assoc. Prof. Svetlana Mojsov, Prof. Daniel Drucker at the University of Toronto and the ...

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TET2 works with HNF4α to activate the FBP1 gene upon glucagon stimulation, while metformin disrupts TET2-HNF4α interaction, lowering FBP1 levels and improving glucose homeostasis. The results are ...

Tributes have been paid to a London-based scientist who formerly worked for the Royal Society of Biology (RSB) after he was found murdered in northern Colombia. Alessandro Coatti's remains were ...

Glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists are transforming the treatment landscape for type 2 diabetes ( T2D) and obesity, in addition to their cardiovascular benefits. These drugs also ...

Holst and his colleagues received one of the life-science awards this year "for the discovery and characterization of glucagon-like peptide 1 and revealing its physiology and potential in treating ...

Glucagon and insulin, both hormones released by the pancreas ... Holst, Habener, and Drucker — who joined Habener’s lab in the mid-1980s — went on to characterize the biology and mechanism of GLP-1.

pennmedicine.upenn.edu Background/aims Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor (GLP-1R) agonists regulate blood glucose and are commonly used to treat type 2 diabetes mellitus. Recent work showed that ...

The therapeutic potential of targeting glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1 ... In this Innovation Spotlight, Dale Wright, executive director of inflammation & systems biology and Brian Bond, vice president ...