In the heart there are two different subtypes of beta-adrenergic receptors - beta1 and beta2 - which are activated by the stress hormones adrenaline and noradrenaline. They both trigger the strongest ...

Blocking cell receptors for glucagon, the counter-hormone to insulin, cured mouse models of diabetes by converting glucagon-producing cells into insulin producers instead, a team reports in a new ...

THE adrenergic receptors have been broadly classified into two groups: alpha and beta 1. Adrenergic receptors present in the mammalian cardiac muscle are now thought to belong to the beta type, and to ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “COVID-19 results in a significant increase in new-onset diabetes,” Irl Hirsch, MD, an endocrinologist and ...

Share on Pinterest New research in mice suggests a novel way to treat both forms of diabetes. 1130945222 Tom Werner/Getty Images Scientists have used synthetic antibodies to block cell receptors in ...