Tag: C. Ronald Kahn

  • Health

    Untangling the connection

    Harvard Medical School researchers have found that impaired insulin signaling in the brain negatively affects cognition, mood, and metabolism, all components of Alzheimer’s disease.

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    Amyloid plaques on axons of neurons affected by Alzheimer's
  • Campus & Community

    Two professors win Wolf Prize

    Harvard professors C. Ronald Kahn and Stuart L. Schreiber have won the Wolf Prize, considered the most prestigious award in science after the Nobel Prize and the Lasker Award.

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  • Health

    Clues on generating muscles

    Harvard stem cell scientists have discovered that the same chemicals that stimulate muscle development in zebrafish can be used to differentiate human stem cells into muscle cells in the laboratory, which makes muscle cell therapy a more realistic clinical possibility.

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  • Health

    C. Ronald Kahn first to win Manpei Suzuki International Prize for Diabetes Research

    C. Ronald Kahn, M.D., Mary K. Iacocca Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, and head of the Head Section on Obesity and Hormone Action at the Joslin Diabetes Center, has been named the first winner of the Manpei Suzuki International Prize for Diabetes Research. “Joslin Diabetes Center is delighted that one of our world-renowned…

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  • Health

    Study shows different insulin signaling components control glucose and lipid metabolism in the liver

    Insulin uses two distinct mechanisms to control glucose and the metabolism of blood fats (lipids) in the liver, a new Joslin Diabetes Center-led study has discovered. Failures in each of these networks can lead to serious health problems: the breakdown of glucose metabolism that can lead to type 2 diabetes, and the malfunction of lipid…

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  • Health

    It may someday be possible to stay slim while eating what you want

    A study led by Joslin Diabetes Center researchers and published in the Jan. 24, 2003 issue of the journal Science brings scientists one step closer to turning the dream of an estimated 60 million overweight American adults into a reality. The study, conducted in laboratory animals, raises the possibility that new drugs can be developed…

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  • Health

    Brain found to play unexpected role in Type II diabetes

    Until now, the brain was assumed to be a side player in diabetes. “For the most part, diabetes researchers have not been looking at the brain,” said C. Ronald Kahn, the Mary K. Iacocca professor of medicine and president of Joslin Diabetes Center. But a report appearing in the Sept. 22, 2000, Science suggests that…

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