Once protein synthesis is excessive or misfolded protein becomes aggregated, which eventually overwhelms the capacity of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), a state named ER stress would be reached. ER ...

Tridecanoic acid (C13) is a rare, odd-chain saturated fatty acid produced mainly by gut and rumen microbes, entering ...

A groundbreaking study reveals that neurons can burn fat, challenging the long-held belief that the brain relies solely on glucose for fuel.

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Visceral abdominal fat is a type of fat that builds up inside the abdomen, surrounding vital organs such as the liver, ...

While glucose, or sugar, is a well-known fuel for the brain, Weill Cornell Medicine researchers have demonstrated that electrical activity in synapses—the junctions between neurons where communication ...

GLP-1 drugs currently being tested in China target complications associated with obesity such as heart disease, fatty liver ...

Unlike semaglutide, ecnoglutide preferentially targets the production of cyclic adenosine monophosphate, a messenger molecule associated with regulating glycogen, sugar and lipid metabolism ... such ...

PRD Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical stage company focused on the development of novel lipid metabolism regulators targeting ...

Although the SYMMETRY Phase IIb trial of the FGF21 analogue efruxifermin did not meet its primary endpoint at 36 weeks, ...

With the launch of Wegovy by Danish pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk and US major Eli Lilly’s Mounjaro already in ...