New research from the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus is the first to identify defects related to metabolism ...

Grapes, wine and coffee contain health-boosting polyphenols: providing protection against heart attacks and strokes ...

This Review discusses how levels of glucose, amino acids and lipids influence islet hormone secretion. The authors also discuss how crosstalk between α-cells, β-cells and δ-cells regulates ...

The incidence of the metabolic syndrome, the most threatening epidemic in industrialized countries, is rapidly rising. Nonetheless, the mechanisms causing visceral obesity and its associated ...

Lalit Patidar, from Ratlam in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, was born with the extremely rare 'werewolf syndrome', leaving his face blanketed in hair. The now 18-year-old was ...

PARP7 is a mono-ADP-ribosyl transferase (mono-ART) which has recently gained attention due to its emerging role as a negative ...

Baby Remi, who was born with down syndrome, is three months old and facing open heart surgery. Picture: Supplied by family Remi has VSD and tetralogy of fallot. Picture: Supplied by family However ...

Olivia Moffitt and Manolet Torreno re in the process of using IVF because of Ms Moffitt’s family history of Fragile X Syndrome. Picture Jeff Darmanin Olivia Moffitt, 27, and her partner Manolet ...