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This review describes basic and translational research on the complex physiological processes of hunger, which regulate feeding habits and are influenced by socioeconomic, cultural, and behavioral ...
Findings from a new mouse study suggest that elenolic acid, a natural compound found in olives, can lower blood sugar levels and promote weight loss.
By Abigail Headley The top 20 winners in the Ministry of Tourism’s Snap n Share 57 photography competition received their prizes yesterday. The first ...
Significant progress in our understanding of cancer cachexia has occurred in recent years. Despite these advances, no pharmacologic agent has achieved US Food and Drug Administration approval for this ...
The genomes of monkeys, bats, whales and many other mammals are helping scientists tackle big questions about physiology, evolution and one very famous sled dog.
But even the best-sniffing rodent, the Central American agouti, had fewer olfactory genes than three other species. The African savanna elephant, with 4,199 genes devoted to smell, has the most of ...
A genetic rearrangement, undetectable by most routine genetic tests, that leads to high levels of the agouti-signaling protein (ASIP), has been detected in five children with obesity. Abnormal ...
The agouti isn’t the only animal that Brazil nut trees need to survive. It appears that they also rely on certain bees, and even other plants, to reproduce.
The Central American Agouti is one of the approximately 50 members of the order rodentia (rodents) to call this small country its home. They’re in a suborder called Caviomorpha which, for me, contains ...