Research has shed light on the intricate mechanisms of insulin production in fruit flies, revealing surprising parallels with ...

Genetic engineering deployed to insert gene for human insulin into a bacterium, thus harnessing the substance for widespread ...

Gardai have launched an investigation after the discovery of nine men in a shipping container at Rosslare Europort, one of whom has been hospitalised. Gardai in Wexford launched a probe after they ...

Insulin allows cells to absorb and use glucose. In people with insulin resistance, the cells are unable to use insulin effectively. Insulin resistance occurs when cells in the body do not respond ...

Today in history, on Jan. 23, 1922, 14-year-old Leonard Thompson became the first diabetic to receive an insulin injection in Toronto. Frederick Banting and J.J.R. MacLeod of the University of ...

Amateur archaeologists discovered a gold coin in a field, leading to a full-fledged search that revealed 141 Roman-era gold coins from the late fourth century A.D. The coins stretch across the ...

Tina Lüdecke stands beside “Little Foot,” a remarkably well-preserved skeleton of Australopithecus discovered in the Sterkfontein Cave, celebrated as the most complete pre-human skeleton ever found.

A rare colony of red squirrels has been discovered on a tree plantation in the Yorkshire Dales. The endangered species was identified by Julie Bailey from the UK Squirrel Accord (UKSA), a ...

Video footage of the red squirrels was captured by Julie Bailey from the UKSA A rare colony of red squirrels has been discovered on a tree plantation in the Yorkshire Dales. The endangered species ...

Dark comets have become a buzzworthy subject among astronomers since researchers announced the discovery of seven additional examples of these mysterious objects. In direct observations, they seem to ...

In a discovery that has stunned historians, a trove of royal artefacts has been uncovered in the crypts beneath Vilnius Cathedral in Lithuania. Hidden since the outbreak of World War II ...