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By James
This is a great article entitled “Decoding Diabetes” by Elizabeth Gudrais from Harvard Magazine.
As you read these words, conditions in your body may feel peaceful. Savor that feeling, because it is a Herculean achievement on nature’s part. We owe this ability to sit reading quietly to a state of internal equilibrium—the technical term is homeostasis. Read more…
By James
FRIDAY, Sept. 18, 2008 (HealthDay News) — Scientists believe they have discovered a new class of hormones in mice, one of which may help stop or reverse obesity-related conditions such as insulin resistance and fatty liver, a new study says.
The Harvard School of Public Health researchers, whose work was published in the Sept. 19 issue of Cell, said their discovery — if applicable to humans — may allow the development of therapeutic or preventive treatments to counter rising obesity and resulting increases in potentially fatal metabolic disorders such as diabetes and atherosclerosis. [Read more…]
By James
Discovery of ‘lipokine’ signaling could eventually lead to new treatments for obesity-related conditions
For immediate release: Thursday, September 18, 2008
Boston, MA — Scientists at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) have identified in mice a newly discovered class of hormones — lipokines, according to a report in the September 19, 2008, issue ofCell. Furthermore, they have implicated a lipokine as a molecule in mice that helps stop or even reverse obesity-related conditions such as insulin resistance and “fatty liver.”
Adipocytes, or fat cells
Lipokines are hormones made from lipids, or fats. All other known hormones — chemical signals secreted into the blood that regulate distant cells and organs — are steroid- or protein-based.