Feeling What You Drink
Scientists found that people who increase their caffeine consumption over 5 years by drinking coffee or soda are more likely to develop urinary problems. (Source: NIDDK News)
Source: NIDDK News - March 15, 2018 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
The Course of Type 2 Diabetes and Complication Onset in Youth Today
Medications that treat type 2 diabetes among adults is not effective in children and does not prevent complications like high blood pressure or blindness. (Source: NIDDK News)
Source: NIDDK News - March 15, 2018 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
Tiny RNA Has Big Effects on Lipid Metabolism and Atherosclerosis
Scientists identify a molecule, microRNA, that reduces the body ’s creation of lipids and could help to develop treatments to prevent hardening of the arteries. (Source: NIDDK News)
Source: NIDDK News - March 15, 2018 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
Health Effects of Diet and Exercise for Adults with Type 2 Diabetes and Obesity
Program improving diet and exercise for type 2 diabetics can lead to normal blood sugar levels but does not decrease the risk of cardiovascular disease events. (Source: NIDDK News)
Source: NIDDK News - March 15, 2018 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
Tracking the Origins of Kidney Fibrosis
Using genetically engineered mice, scientists found existing kidney cells and bone marrow were sources of myofibroblasts —contributors to kidney fibrosis. (Source: NIDDK News)
Source: NIDDK News - March 15, 2018 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
Turning Up the Heat —Important New Insights into the Biology of Brown Fat
Scientists ’ discovery of beige fat, a mix of calorie burning brown fat and calorie storing white fat, may lead to new obesity treatments in humans. (Source: NIDDK News)
Source: NIDDK News - March 15, 2018 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
Smartphone Technology Advances Progress Toward the Development of an Artificial Pancreas for People with Type 1 Diabetes
Researchers adapted Diabetes Assistant (DiAs), an artificial pancreas, for use with a smartphone allowing patients to use it outside a clinical setting. (Source: NIDDK News)
Source: NIDDK News - March 15, 2018 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
People and Their Gut Microbes Are Life-long Partners
The gut microbiome changes little over the lifespan and is similar within families versus unrelated people and can be disrupted with changes in diet and weight. (Source: NIDDK News)
Source: NIDDK News - March 15, 2018 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
Cell Signaling Pathways Point to Top Notch Solution for Fatty Liver Disease
Notch, a type of cell receptor, may be responsible for fat build up in individuals with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. (Source: NIDDK News)
Source: NIDDK News - March 15, 2018 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
Researchers Identify Malfunctioning Satiety Signal in Mice Fed a High-fat Diet and Its Link to Dopamine in the Brain
Mice on a prolonged high fat diet have suppressed oleoylethanolamine production in the gut, causing less dopamine production and encouraging overeating. (Source: NIDDK News)
Source: NIDDK News - March 15, 2018 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
Discovery of Body Weight Regulation by the Protein MRAP2
Mice with MRAP2 deficiency are more likely to be obese even when consuming the same diet as healthy mice. This may also be linked to obesity in humans. (Source: NIDDK News)
Source: NIDDK News - March 15, 2018 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
Regulation of Cyst Growth in Polycystic Kidney Disease
Cilia, tiny hair-like structures on the kidney, and polycystin-1 and 2 genes, work together to promote cyst growth in mice with polycystic kidney disease. (Source: NIDDK News)
Source: NIDDK News - March 15, 2018 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
Improving White Blood Cell Defense Against Bacteria
Mice with chronic granulomatous disease with a olfactomedin-4 gene deletion had enhanced defense against S. aureus (bacteria), but not A. fumigatus (fungus). (Source: NIDDK News)
Source: NIDDK News - March 15, 2018 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
Improving Genetic Testing for Cystic Fibrosis
Scientists used genetic records of people with cystic fibrosis to find new mutations of the CFTR gene that cause the disease and may improve genetic testing. (Source: NIDDK News)
Source: NIDDK News - March 15, 2018 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
Increasing Mammalian Lifespan, One Gene at a Time
mTOR gene is linked to longer lifespan and reduced signs of aging in mice, but those with the gene had more infections and bone loss versus those without it. (Source: NIDDK News)
Source: NIDDK News - March 15, 2018 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
