Category: Medicine in a nutshell
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Why do mitochondria like metformin, but diabetes does not?
By Marta Koblańska, 4 September 2025, 18.30 Polish time, Photo: diabetes, AI generated, Pixabay The drug’s anti-inflammatory effects can help balance copper and iron concentrations in the blood, which can alleviate issues related to excess sugar and diabetes. Metformin is a widely administered anti-diabetes drug. Its contribution to lowering excessive glucose levels has already been…
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How to make cancer dead in the body? Blood holds the key
by Marta Koblańska, 27.08.2025, 16:47 Poland’s time. Photo: CTC in cancer, Circulating tumor cells in the metastatic cascade (spreading fast), Cancer Cell Circulating tumor cells in the bloodstream may be crucial for therapies and preventing new metastases in the body. However, success depends on their molecular structure. Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) are utilized to assess…
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What influences cognition? The exchange in purine bases and amino acids in the brain.
Photo: Adenine structure, one of the purine bases, specifically connects to thymine via hydrogen bonding in DNA and uracyl in RNA, as discovered by James Watson and Francis Crick in the 50s. Credit:kropekk_pl Of the about 20,000 metabolites discovered so far in human blood serum, over 1,300 and 140 lipids have been observed to profile the brain’s uptake and…
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Why does mitochondrial disruption cost so much?
Photo: Mitochondrium, SkieTheAce, Pixabay Does evolution know the paths of the past and future? That’s possible according to new research published in ,,Cell”. How? By tracking the transport of signals and nutrients inside a cell. The mitochondrion is a cell organelle with a separate from the cell nucleus genetic material inherited only from a female…
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Why do women put on weight during pregnancy? Mouse example
Photo: Sunflower, Joshrowe, Pixabay Why do women gain more weight during pregnancy than the size of the fetus? Because of small intestine growth apart from the growing off-spring. Although pregnancy is a natural stage for females and generally does not require specific treatment if both the mother and child are healthy, the bodies of many…