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Protein deficiency a tantalizing key to type 2 Diabetes
Hepatic cells isolated from healthy mice and mice deficient in Mitofusin 2 (right). Morphology of mitochondria (red), more rounded, is altered in the image on the right
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Researchers at IRB Barcelona validate the potential of a protein for the treatment of type 2 diabetes
Antonio Zorzano at IRB Barcelona
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Antonio Zorzano receives the Alberto Sols Senior Investigator Award for Basic Research
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Antonio Zorzano: In sport, the brain is more important than the muscle
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How to run sitting
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Diabetes type 2 is resistant to exercise and diet
Graphic about the different responses of mitochondrial gens of young obese subjects with or without diabetes during physical exercise
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New alterations found in young adults with type 2 diabetes
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Spanish scientists identify a new gene for autophagy, a process related to cancer and ageing
Researchers discovered the role of DOR (red) when they found it co-localizing with LC3, the common autophagosome marker. In blue, cells nuclei. Image: 3D simulation. A. Zorzano Lab © IRB Barcelona.
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Researchers identify a new gene involved in autophagy, the cellular recycling programme
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The architecture of mitochondria: health and disease
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IRB Barcelona to coordinate two European projects on biomedicine
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Barcelona Teams to Lead $7M EU Malaria, Diabetes Studies
Surrounding the nucleus of two fused cells, in red and green, the mitochondrias of each cell. The fusion and fission of mitochondrias (from the same cell or with mitochondrias from other cells) contributes to the correct functioning of these organelles.
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Researchers at IRB Barcelona produce new data on key genes in diabetes
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Identification of a gene that regulates thyroid hormones
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Development of a new family of compounds with potent anti-diabetic properties