Among the trillions of microbes that live in the gut, one obscure bacterium has suddenly become a star of obesity research.

Researchers have discovered that mimicking cold exposure or fasting can trigger an immune response in the body that slows ...

In several disease conditions, including infections and cancers, innate immune activation and nutrient scarcity occur together. A study from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, published in Cell, ...

The Warburg effect describes how cancer cells switch from oxidative phosphorylation to glycolysis even in oxygen-rich conditions, producing massive amounts of lactate that accumulate in the tumor ...

Cancer cells survive therapy by dynamically rewiring their metabolism in response to nutrient availability, ...

There are "costs of life" that mechanical physics cannot calculate. A clear example is the energy required to keep specific ...

A recent study published in the journal Frontiers in Endocrinology investigated the role of the short-chain dehydrogenase/reductase 42E member 1 (SDR42E1) enzyme in regulating sterol metabolism and ...