Genetic engineering deployed to insert gene for human insulin into a bacterium, thus harnessing the substance for widespread ...

Targeting mitochondrial retrograde signaling may therefore be promising in the treatment or prevention of metabolic disorders ...

Bacterial cells have been genetically modified to produce human insulin and other substances ... into susceptible crops using genetic engineering. Not only can this protect the crop, it can ...

Adrenomedullin disrupts insulin signaling in blood vessels, leading to systemic insulin resistance in obesity-associated type 2 diabetes.

Scientists have discovered that the peptide hormone adrenomedullin plays a pivotal role in obesity-related type 2 diabetes, ...

Genetic engineering is the act of modifying the genetic makeup of an organism. Modifications can be generated by methods such as gene targeting, nuclear transplantation, transfection of synthetic ...

A groundbreaking study has pinpointed the hormone that plays a role in type 2 diabetes among overweight individuals, paving ...

In addition, genetically modified plants may someday be used to produce recombinant vaccines. In fact, the concept of an oral vaccine expressed in plants (fruits and vegetables) for direct ...

As the demand for biotechnology increases, there has been a concomitant effort into optimizing yield, stability and protein glycosylation through genetic engineering and the manipulation of ...

Rutgers Health researchers have found that a weekly injection of diabetes medication could replace painful daily hormone shots for people with a rare genetic form of lipodystrophy that leaves ...