Adiponectin may be a potential therapeutic target for obesity and diabetes

Adiponectin may be a potential therapeutic target for obesity and diabetes

Adiponectin, a hormone secreted by adipose tissue, plays a doubly important role in maintaining the function of the pancreas: in lean people, it protects beta cells, which make insulin, and in obese people obesity, it reverses adipose tissue damage. The discovery was made by researchers at the Institute of Chemistry of the University of São … Leer más

The mystery of ‘blood waterfall’ in Antarctica has been solved

The mystery of 'blood waterfall' in Antarctica has been solved

Share this Article You are free to share this article under the Attribution 4.0 International license. New research explains the mysterious ‘Blood Falls’ in Antarctica. During the infamous Terra Nova expedition to Antarctica in 1911, British geologist Thomas Griffith Taylor made a mysterious discovery in the bedrock of the glacier that now bears his name: … Leer más