Archive for February, 2015

Benefits of GMOs: Production of human insulin

Benefits of GMOs: Production of human insulin
Contributed by Elena Torres-Perez

Since its discovery, insulin has become one of the most studied molecules in the history of medicine. As we all know, insulin is a protein related to diabetes, a disease that affects a large percentage of the population. The supply of exogenous insulin is needed to regulate glucose levels in patients with type 1 diabetes in all cases, and occasionally in patients with type 2 ...

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The good fat

Contributed by Sergio Perez-Diaz

Obesity is defined as an excess of body fat tissue. Adipose tissue (white adipose tissue) is the organ whose main function is to store the overflow of energy from the diet. The body mass index (BMI) is a quick formula to know when an individual person is obese, being 25 kg/m2 and 30 kg/m2 the overweight and obesity thresholds, respectively..

Anatomically, the white adipose tissue is present in three big ...

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