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Injuries can also Injure Your Metabolism
Researchers uncover a previously underappreciated role of white adipose tissue in causing trauma induced hyperglycemia and insulin resistance. Continue reading Injuries can also Injure Your Metabolism
Researchers uncover a previously underappreciated role of white adipose tissue in causing trauma induced hyperglycemia and insulin resistance. Continue reading Injuries can also Injure Your Metabolism
by Lara Roach figures by Rebecca Senft In Greek, macrophage means “big eater,” and that is exactly their job. Like a growing teenager or athlete after a big game, macrophages are activated immune cells whose primary focus is to “eat.” But instead of, say, a plate of pasta, macrophages take in and digest pathogenic microbes, unhealthy molecules, and even other cells in the body when they … Continue reading The Big Eater: How the immune system alters the pancreas during obesity
by Megan L Norris figures by Bradley Wierbowski The emerging link between cancer and diabetes In the early 2000s, observations that diabetics are more likely to get cancer than non-diabetics began piling up. Was this because diabetes and cancer share general risk factors such as diet, aging and obesity? Or was there a direct link between them, with cancer benefiting from the sugar-rich and inflamed … Continue reading Diabetes, Cancer and the Drug that Fights them Both