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Study Finds New Approach to Lowering High Triglycerides

March 22, 2018

High plasma triglycerides have been linked to heart disease; studies in mice suggest inhibiting gamma secretase in the liver could lower plasma triglyceride levels and have parallel benefits for diabetes.

Belly Fat Promotes Diabetes Under Orders from Liver

In obese mice, the liver increases production of an enzyme, DPP4, that promotes diabetes by increasing inflammation in abdominal fat.

Berrie Prize Awarded for Insights into How the Brain Controls Hunger

2017 Naomi Berrie Award winner Bradford B. Lowell, MD, PhD, is an innovator in creating cutting-edge genetic engineering and neuroscience techniques to study energy balance and obesity.