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Osteopontin : Building Skeletons in Aging’s Closet

It’s high time I finally get around to telling you about my favorite protein, one that I originally stumbled upon in my Diabetes PhD at ASU and the Mayo Clinic over 6 years ago. Ever since, I have been slowly deciphering what exactly is going on. I’ll be summarizing some Read more…

By Cosmo, 6 yearsMarch 17, 2019 ago

Diabetes

How does skeletal muscle change after exercise?

Back at the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, our primary research interests were studying insulin resistance in skeletal muscle. In healthy individuals, muscle is expected to take up the majority of glucose after a meal, and this process is driven by the hormone insulin. In type 2 diabetes, the insulin hormone Read more…

By Cosmo, 6 yearsMarch 16, 2019 ago