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It is the pancreatic islets that have the overall responsibility for maintaining normal blood glucose levels in our bodies, according to a new study by researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, USA

Breath analysis in disease diagnostics is a promising research field, and the advances in instrumentation allows the accurate detection of metabolites. But not only the health status of patients, but also the preservation status of museum artifacts could be monitored.What the smell can tell

Cellular energy metabolism also follows the rhythm of the circadian clock. A University of Basel study has now shown exactly how this works by revealing the relationship between the circadian rhythm and the mitochondrial network for the first time.

Scientists studied families with synaesthesia, and describe genetic changes that might contribute to their differences in sensory experience.

DCell is a virtual model of Baker's Yeast that could provide a greater understanding of the way AI functions.

Best disease causes progressive loss of central vision and is currently incurable in humans. A new study which has reversed the effects in dogs using gene therapy may change that.

Researchers have published their analysis of the genetic differences they discovered in patients' primary breast cancers and their metastatic cancers. By understanding how breast cancer metastases evolve, researchers hope to better explain how they occur. This insight could reveal new approaches in the treatment and prevention of metastatic breast cancer.

Cannabinoids have demonstrated potential as treatments for liver diseases such as non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), and fibrosis.

Most uses of neonicotinoid pesticides represent a risk to wild bees and honeybees, according to assessments published today by EFSA. The Authority has updated its risk assessments of three neonicotinoids – clothianidin, imidacloprid and thiamethoxam – that are currently subject to restrictions in the EU because of the threat they pose to bees.

The dominance of high THC, low CBD cannabis strains indicates how criminalisation and a lack of regulation steer the black market.