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Recent Advances
Learn about exciting recent advances attributable to American Diabetes Association-funded researchers.
November 30, 2011
Estrogen in the Brain Prevents Obesity in Women
ADA-funded researcher Yong Xu, MD, PhD, from the Baylor College of Medicine, has now uncovered the critical areas in the brain where estrogen acts through specific estrogen receptors, known as ER- to control metabolism, energy expenditure, and reproduction.
October 31, 2011
Saturated vs. Unsaturated: Why Some Fats are Healthier Than Others
A recent ADA-funded study conducted by Michael Karin, PhD and his postdoctoral fellow Debanjan Dhar, PhD from the University of California, San Diego, may help explain why saturated fat is more likely to cause insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes.
May 31, 2011
Changes in Amino Acid Levels Following Gastric Bypass May Improve Diabetes
Two American Diabetes Association-supported researchers have discovered potential clues that may help explain why gastric bypass surgery provides these beneficial effects independent of weight loss.
April 30, 2011
Insulin Signaling in the Brain Controls Fat Metabolism
American Diabetes Association-funded researcher Christoph Buettner, M.D., Ph.D., is the first to show that brain insulin signaling is a major regulator of fat metabolism.
October 31, 2010
Brain Hormones Regulate Diabetes and Female Fertility
Joel Elmquist, DVM, PhD and fellow Jong-Woo Sohn, PhD, study how leptin and insulin work together inside the hypothalamus and provide clues to female fertility and how type 2 diabetes can develop in the absence of obesity.
