A New Role for Insulin in Cell Survival, Cell Metabolism and Stress Response

Tuesday, September 7, 2010 - 12:56 in Health & Medicine

Researchers at the Buck Institute for Age Research have discovered a novel way in which insulin affects cell metabolism and cell survival. Surprisingly the insulin signaling pathway, which is involved in aging, diabetes and stress response, is active at a deeper level of cell activity than scientists expected.

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