A new role for insulin in cell survival, cell metabolism and stress response

Wednesday, September 8, 2010 - 06:28 in Health & Medicine

Researchers at the Buck Institute for Age Research have discovered a novel way in which insulin affects cell metabolism and cell survival. Surprisingly the insulin signalling pathway, which is involved in ageing, diabetes and stress response, is active at a deeper level of cell activity than scientists expected. The study appears in the September 8th issue of Cell Metabolism...

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