New mechanisms controlling insulin release and fat deposition discovered
Tuesday, May 13, 2008 - 09:28
in Health & Medicine
Scientists at the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet have in two recent studies shown that a receptor called ALK7 plays important roles in the regulation of body fat deposition as well as the release of insulin from beta-cells in the pancreas. These findings have implications for the development of treatments against diabetes and obesity...
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