A conserved signaling axis linking Drosophila adipose tissue to nephrocyte function reveals how obesity can drive kidney dysfunction and points to new opportunities for therapeutic intervention.

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Researchers reveal how soybean oil triggers weight gain by flipping a metabolic switch in the liver, and why a single gene variant can stop it from happening. Study: P2-HNF4α Alters Linoleic Acid ...

Introduction: Mesoderm-specific transcript (Mest), a paternally expressed imprinted gene, is involved in the modulation of adipose tissue expansion. Mest is also highly expressed in the developing and ...

Hello, my name is Simon Dell, a 50-year-old grandfather from Sheffield, UK, and I created a small village in my garden for wild mice to call home. Each year, we celebrate Halloween in our own little ...

Research in mice shows dangerous consequences of a very high-fat, low-carb ketogenic diet. Keto was associated with fatty liver disease and harmed blood sugar regulation, with some changes happening ...

Jon LaPook, M.D. is the award-winning chief medical correspondent for CBS News. Since joining CBS News in 2006, LaPook has delivered more than 1,200 reports on a wide variety of breaking news and ...

Maybe you’ve seen an influencer make French fries out of almond flour. Or a sandwich recipe that swaps bread for fried cheese. They’re called keto meals, and they’re largely shared for one reason: to ...

Cutting a single amino acid from the diet caused rapid, drastic weight loss in mice by converting white fat into calorie-burning brown fat. The study reveals a powerful new mechanism for weight loss ...