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The study, published July 1 in Nature Metabolism, challenges “the long-standing dogma that the brain doesn’t burn fat,” said principal investigator Dr. Timothy A. Ryan, professor of ...

Human metabolism is a complex web of chemical processes and interactions between our cells and the microbes living within us. The more scientists can identify and classify the molecules involved ...

How a synthetic lipoprotein targets tumor metabolism to trigger cancer cell death by Olivia Dimmer, Northwestern University edited by Lisa Lock, reviewed by Robert Egan Editors' notes ...

In a study recently published in the journal Nature Chemical Biology, researchers reveal that two reactive byproducts of sugar metabolism—methylglyoxal and its metabolite lactoylglutathione ...

As a neuromodulator, norepinephrine is a powerful force in the brain. We all know it orchestrates rapid changes in behavior such as the fight-or-flight response. Fewer people know that astrocytes ...

Researchers at WashU Medicine have shown in mice that brain cells known as astrocytes are required for a signaling chemical called norepinephrine to modify brain activity, changing the textbook ...

In this editorial, the authors describe the foundations of an N-of-1 gene-editing study to treat an infant with a urea-cycle disorder.

Hoping to increase your metabolic rate? Find out how nutrition and metabolism interact with each other and help you boost your resting metabolic rate.

Norepinephrine and epinephrine have a lot in common. Learn more about the differences between the two, their pros, cons, and benefits, and how they may affect health.

You’ll likely be hearing more and more about NAD. But what's the difference between NAD+ and NADH, and should you take supplements or get injections? And is it really effective for anti-aging?