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The new project uses advanced imaging of pets to study long Covid mechanisms

The new project uses advanced imaging of pets to study long Covid mechanisms

Using the imaging of total animals to better understand the long Covid disease is the goal of a new project at the University of California, Davis, in cooperation with UC San Francisco. The project is financed from a subsidy of $ 3.2 million within four years from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, […]

The study discovers molecular mechanisms behind insulin resistance in skeletal muscles

The study discovers molecular mechanisms behind insulin resistance in skeletal muscles

Insulin resistance precedes and predicts the beginning of type 2 diabetes (DM2), a chronic disease that causes high incidence and mortality around the world. In the affected people, insulin is not able to facilitate glucose capture by tissues and organs, which leads to an increase in blood glucose (chronic hyperglycemia). Because the skeletal muscle is […]