The GIP receptor in the central nervous system plays a crucial role in the regulation of body weight and food intake. This is shown by a recent study by Helmholtz Zentrum München, ETH Zurich and the German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD). The study, which has now been published in Cell Metabolism, identifies new targets for the development of a […]
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This isn’t how DeMarcus Ware wanted the morning to go. It’s 6:30 when he strides into his personal gym in Trophy Club, Texas, already a half hour behind on a crowded schedule. His eyes dart from a clock to a tread-mill to his Jammer (a steel cage with two giant handles), prednisolone and dogs then back to the clock. He […]
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With so much up in the air, it’s a good thing the highs and lows of a 15-plus-year career have taught Sally Fitzgibbons a thing or two about resilience. The surfing champion has navigated setbacks, comebacks and injuries (including a shoulder fracture in 2018), all the while learning to give her mind the same TLC as the rest of her […]
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With so much up in the air, it’s a good thing the highs and lows of a 15-plus-year career have taught Sally Fitzgibbons a thing or two about resilience. The surfing champion has navigated setbacks, comebacks and injuries (including a shoulder fracture in 2018), ventolin inhaler and spacer all the while learning to give her mind the same TLC as […]
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Research continues to find a correlation between your mood and the colors in your life; apparently, this might hold true when it comes to your closet as well. Rather than organizing by item, displaying your colors may be helpful when you’re running late or need the perfect red to go with your denim — especially if your closet doesn’t currently […]
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Europe’s medicines regulator said Wednesday it has asked all developers to probe whether their vaccines offer protection against new coronavirus mutations, with a view to issuing new guidelines for manufacturers. Several new coronavirus variants have emerged recently, sparking fears over an increase in infectiousness as well as suggestions that the virus could begin to elude immune responses, whether from prior […]
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Rituximab, an anti-cancer drug targeting the membrane protein CD20, was the first approved therapeutic antibody against B tumor cells. Immunologists at the University of Freiburg have now solved a mystery about how it works. A team headed by Professor Dr. Michael Reth used cell cultures, healthy cells, and cells from cancer patients to investigate how CD20 organizes the nanostructures on […]
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The coronavirus MRNA vaccines might be the light at the end of the tunnel in the battle against COVID-19. However, because they were developed so quickly in relation to past vaccinations and are unlike traditional vaccines, many questions and myths have been circulating about their possible impacts. “Myths around the vaccine have arisen because most people do not understand how […]
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Ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms (rAAA) are responsible for nearly 2% of all deaths in US men over the age of 65. Endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) has emerged as a newer and less invasive alternative to open repair for rAAA, and current guidelines recommend EVAR as a first-line option for treatment of rAAA when certain criteria are met. But researchers from […]
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Around 1 in 10 Americans have now received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control, and more than 9,840,000 have been fully vaccinated. That number is a sign of continuing progress with COVID-19 vaccine distribution, though the country is still struggling with supply issues as states wait on more doses […]
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