A glucose screening test is a standard test during pregnancy to help identify gestational diabetes. The test is done in two steps and checks a pregnant person's response to glucose (sugar). High ...

PDI is an enzyme that resides in the endoplasmic reticulum and has the classic function of catalyzing the insertion of disulfide bridges into nascent proteins so that they coalesce in the correct ...

As energy from the sun reaches Earth, some solar radiation is absorbed by the atmosphere, leading to chemical reactions like the formation of ozone and the breakup of gas molecules. A new approach ...

Insulin therapy can effectively control blood glucose levels in patients with diabetes. However, its use comes with the risk of inducing hypoglycaemia. Now, writing in Nature, Hoeg-Jensen et al.

It reveals in unprecedented detail the structure of crystals that the parasite builds in order to survive. Since most antimalarial drugs are thought to work by interfering with the formation and ...

Here, we develop qPISA (quantitative Protease specificity Inference from Substrate Analysis) to study Dipeptidyl Peptidase Four (DPP4), a key regulator of blood glucose levels. We use mass ...

As the Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to Nihon Hidankyo – the organisation of Japanese atomic bomb survivors – Michiko Kodama’s experiences are testimony to the horrors and long-term effects ...

As someone who has firsthand experience scaling a company sustainably, I have witnessed the profound impact that the organizational structure can have on long-term success. Through my experiences ...

Small modular reactor (SMR) startup Deep Atomic has announced plans to introduce a new SMR specifically for the data center market. The SMR, dubbed MK60, is a light water SMR with a generation ...