Fat cells burn energy to make heat – making them the next frontier of weight loss therapies

GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy aid in weight loss by suppressing appetite. Researchers are looking next at how the body expends energy – including through fat.
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Benchtop NMR Advancement Enables Real-Time Metabolic Monitoring

A benchtop NMR system combined with microfluidic cell culture and hyperpolarization enables real-time monitoring of cellular ...
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Metabolic Coordination Structures Contribute to Diabetic Myocardial Dysfunction

Individuals with diabetes are susceptible to cardiac dysfunction and heart failure, potentially resulting in mortality. Metabolic disorders frequently occur in patients with diabetes, and diabetes ...
Frontiers

Er-Chen Decoction ameliorates metabolic dysfunction–associated steatotic liver disease via gut microbiota-barrier axis-driven hepatic metabolic reprogramming

The traditional Chinese medicinal formula Er-Chen Decoction (ECD) has proven effective in treating metabolic disorders, yet the specific mechanisms by which it modulates gut-liver crosstalk have not ...
Medical Xpress

Real-time metabolic monitoring on a chip: What happens inside a cell can be measured instantly

In a significant advancement for lab-on-chip technology, IBEC researchers in the frame of the European project BLOC, have demonstrated the first integration of a benchtop nuclear magnetic resonance ...
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Landmark in real-time metabolic monitoring on chip: BLOC benchtop NMR comes to light

In a significant advancement for lab-on-chip technology, IBEC researchers in the frame of the European project BLOC, have demonstrated the first integration of a benchtop nuclear magnetic resonance ...