Insulin is one of the most potent and pleiotropic hormones in the body, regulating a myriad of physiological processes. However, perhaps none is best studied as its role in regulating glucose ...

Discover how chromium, magnesium, zinc, and other micronutrients influence insulin sensitivity and glucose metabolism—key factors in preventing and managing Type 2 diabetes.

A new study focuses on the insulin receptor to understand its role in the development of type 2 diabetes mellitus, a metabolic disease with a major impact on global health. Insulin resistance precedes ...

In a recent study published in the journal NPJ Metabolic Health and Disease, researchers hypothesize that the degradation of endogenously secreted insulin (as opposed to the commonly believed insulin ...

Researchers from the German Diabetes Center (DDZ) and the Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU) have studied the ...

Sub-membrane microtubule array, known to prevent excessive glucose-stimulated insulin secretion, depends on kinesin-1 KIF5B, which moves microtubules to both generate and remodel this array, ...

Whether improved glucose control with hybrid closed-loop therapy can preserve C-peptide secretion as compared with standard insulin therapy in persons with new-onset type 1 diabetes is unclear. In a ...

Just as smart traffic management ensures smooth vehicular movement during peak hours, our body relies on a molecular traffic system to manage the surge in glucose levels after a meal. Pancreatic ...

The common diabetes drug metformin works partly by excreting sugar from the bloodstream into the intestines, where gut ...