Tag Archive for 'FGF21'

FGF21 suppresses alcohol consumption through a specific population of neurons in the brain. Image credit: Flippo et al., doi: 10.1016/j.cmet.2021.12.024.

Hormone Treatment Suppresses Alcohol Consumption in Non-Human Primates

Feb 2, 2022 by News Staff

Vervet monkeys (Chlorocebus pygerythrus) with a strong preference for ethanol that were given an analogue of FGF21 (fibroblast growth factor 21), a powerful...

Jimenez et al describe the use of adeno-associated viral vectors to achieve long-term production of fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF21) to treat obesity and insulin resistance. Image credit: Jimenez et al, doi: 10.15252/emmm.201708791.

Gene Therapy Treats Insulin Resistance and Obesity in Mice

Jul 11, 2018 by Enrico de Lazaro

A team of researchers from the Autonomous University of Barcelona, CIBERDEM and the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre has demonstrated that a single...