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Mysterious structure in bird eyes may explain a curious lack of blood

Here's some science trivia for you: unlike the inner retina in most animals (including us), birds' inner retinas function without oxygen. And now, researchers led by a team from Aarhus University in ...
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A fish that grows old in months reveals how kidneys age—and how a common drug protects them

Scientists at MDI Biological Laboratory use the fast-aging African turquoise killifish to uncover how a widely prescribed class of drugs helps protect the aging kidney. The study published by Kidney ...
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Sodium-glucose linked transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibition restores age-related loss of cell-cell communication in the aging killifish kidney (IMAGE)

Cell-cell signaling networks in African turquoise killifish inferred using CellChat from single-nucleus RNA-sequencing data ...
Earth.com

Some exercises improve blood sugar before diabetes develops

Combined exercise improves blood sugar levels and inflammation without the need for medication in sedentary adults.
BMJ

Efficacy and safety of 11 sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors at different dosages in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients inadequately controlled with metformin: a Bayesian ...

Objectives Assess the efficacy and safety profiles of different sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT2is) as an add-on to metformin in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients. Design ...
Frontiers

Transformation from passive health to proactive prevention: research progress on glucose-lowering components and its mechanism of food and medicine homology resources

Diabetes and its complications pose a threat to global human health. In the modern society, effectively preventing diabetes is a crucial means of safeguarding public well-being. Mounting evidence ...