Veijo Salo, new research group leader at the Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics at Karolinska Institutet has ...

Chemerin is a key adipokine that regulates lipid metabolism and insulin sensitivity, and thus is involved in many metabolic diseases such as obesity and diabetes. In addition, it plays a critical role ...

Cortisol, a fundamental glucocorticoid hormone, orchestrates a wide array of physiological processes critical to the stress response. Its secretion—modulated by the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal (HPA ...

For centuries arsenic has been synonymous with poison and peril. However, it is also ubiquitous in the Earth’s crust, and runoff from natural deposits and industrial processes has spread it throughout ...

Biochemistry is the field of science that studies the chemical processes taking place within living organisms at the molecular level, from the interaction of small molecule drugs with large ...

A microprotein called adipogenin appears to play a key role in helping fat cells store lipid droplets – a phenomenon that's ...

Cosmetics have been used since early civilization, and products were obtained from natural compounds including flowers, milk, seeds, fruits, and vegetables, alongside minerals. Cosmetic products are ...