National Eye Institute (NEI) scientists have found that the way the retina metabolizes glucose directly controls which genes get switched on and off in light-sensing photoreceptors. The findings ...

New research reveals that high glucose levels drive stem cells to multiply, while low levels signal them to mature into ...

Dementia is the gradual diminishing of memory over time. While researchers have tried to produce effective treatments for diseases that cause dementia like Alzheimer’s, many efforts have been ...

The amount of sugar in the brain plays a key role in governing the activity of the brain cells that make myelin, a study ...

Brief brisk walking breaks during prolonged sitting improved post-meal interstitial glucose responses in healthy adults after ...

A collaborative research team has successfully developed a cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI) device that executes brain-like information processing through few-molecule reservoir computing.

The polysaccharide β-1,2-glucan consists of repeating units of glucose linked together by β-1,2-glycosidic bonds. Cyclic β-1,2-glucans (CβGs) occur in different bacterial species and have a role in ...