The liver and pancreas are the main actors in glucose metabolism, but not the only ones. Muscles, adipose tissue and the brain play different roles. However, the prize for the best new actor in ...

"Although the α-D-ribofuranoside structure is frequently found in natural products, there have been fewer reports of the synthesis of α-D-ribofuranosides than of the β-anomers. Thus, the ...

For the entertainment industry, they also disrupted production schedules, destroyed filming locations and left many workers without homes. “This is absolutely a setback,” says Colleen Bell ...

“One of the biggest surprises was finding that the immune system stimulates the production of the hormone glucagon by sending immune cells on a journey across different organs”. Once in the ...

Veiga-Fernandes and his team studied immune cells known as ILC2, which are important for glucagon production, a hormone that elevates blood sugar. Glucose levels had dropped dangerously low in mice ...

After fasting, they found these cells had travelled to the pancreas. "One of the biggest surprises was finding that the immune system stimulates the production of the hormone glucagon by sending ...

"One of the biggest surprises was finding that the immune system stimulates the production of the hormone glucagon by sending immune cells on a journey across different organs". Once in the ...

By Winston Cho, Katie Kilkenny Surfacing from the ashes of Los Angeles’ raging wildfires is a plea from local entertainment industry folk gutted by the blazes: Bring production back to the region.

“Fasting or high energy–consumption sports activities can result in low plasma glucose concentrations and in response, glucagon secretion is stimulated to promote endogenous glucose production ...

“One of the biggest surprises was finding that the immune system stimulates the production of the hormone glucagon by sending immune cells on a journey across different organs”. Once in the ...