Since its landmark discovery in 1922, insulin has improved the health and extended the lives of more than 500 million people worldwide with diabetes mellitus. Yet the question of how this key hormone ...

Researchers in Singapore are working to improve the affordability and accessibility of recombinant insulin by optimizing downstream production processes. Zhang Wei, PhD, from the Agency for Science, ...

Cognitive performance in adults with obesity and overweight was negatively affected by poor glucose tolerance and increased visceral fat, according to findings published in Obesity. “In addition to ...

Overweight increases the risk of an imbalance in sugar metabolism and even of diabetes. A research group has now shown the opposite is true as well: deficits in the body's insulin production ...

After collapsing at his job and spending a week in a hospital, Thomas Strathmann of Bozeman, Mont., left with a diagnosis of type 1 diabetes and two boxes of insulin. He was told they would last “a ...

Insulin activates sterol regulatory element-binding protein-1c (SREBP-Ic) in liver, thereby increasing fatty acid and triglyceride synthesis. We created a line of transgenic rats that produce ...

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has issued a final rule that will allow certificated medical examiners to decide whether truck drivers with stable diabetes are qualified to drive, ...

Scientists have deciphered how the insulin molecule exploits a protective hinge to engage its primary binding site within the insulin receptor. "We discovered an essential mechanism for how insulin ...