Zinc is well known for its role in blood sugar management and insulin secretion. Insulin is the hormone responsible for transporting sugar from your bloodstream to your tissues. Some research ...

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A recent innovative study discovered that zinc, pH levels and insulin work together to prevent protein clumps and stop them from contributing to the development of type 2 diabetes.. The chronic ...

The research team found that insulin has some natural ability to prevent amylin from clumping, but it’s not strong enough on its own to make a big impact on type 2 diabetes. This is where zinc ...

New research shows how zinc, pH levels and insulin work together to inhibit the buildup of protein clumps that contribute to Type 2 diabetes. An estimated 462 million people around the world ...

More information: Samuel D. McCalpin et al, Zinc and pH modulate the ability of insulin to inhibit aggregation of islet amyloid polypeptide, Communications Biology (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s42003-024 ...

Insulin resistance means your body isn’t using the hormone insulin the right way. Insulin helps move the glucose (sugar) in your blood to parts of your body that need it to make energy, like the ...

For research papers The BMJ has fully open peer review. This means that accepted research papers published from early 2015 onwards usually have their prepublication history posted alongside them on ...

It is conceivable that reduced activity of nuclear factor E2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) that controls the expression of diverse antioxidant enzymes contributes to weakening enzymatic antioxidant defenses ...