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Does anyone have working knowledge of a spectrophotometric assay for adipose tissue lipoprotein lipase?

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does anyone have first hands-on/practical experience of working woth any hepatic cell line that expresses tyrosine aminotransferase such that activity is measurable. Also, is activity...

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What is known about levels of free fatty acids/triglyceride levels in CNS in insulin resistance?

Insulin resistance is known to be associated with higher levels of circulating free fatty acids. Are higher levels of circulating free fatty acids known to be associated with increased levels of...

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Another measure of author productivity? Let's call it the X-index.

This is for all those for who the measures of scientific productivity in terms of numbers is important. Can there be another measure which is determined as follows: (Sum of impact factors of...

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The Mpemba effect?

Does anyone have explanation for the Mpemba effect?

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Glycerol-corrected triglyceride estimates.

I tend to think that for experimental studies, triglyceride estimates should be glycerol-corrected. Would like to know abt your opinion on this.

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TRIS for management of hyperglycemia?

This question is just out of curiosity and should not be perceived as mindless promotion of strange ideas for diabetes therapy. Can TRIS, a common base that we all use for preparing buffers be...

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Best murine model for induction of insulin resistance by high fat diet

What is the best murine model for the induction of insulin resistance by high fat? C57BL/6J is considered to be a good one. Anyone has any additional insights?

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Anti-glucocorticoids for therapy of diabetes?

Do anti-glucocorticoids have realistic potential to be exploited as therapy for diabetes?

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