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Chronic exposure to hyperglycemia can lead to cellular dysfunction that may become irreversible over time, a process that is termed glucose toxicity. Our perspective about glucose toxicity as it ...

DNA has a "backbone" made of ribose molecules (a five-carbon sugar; glucose is a six-carbon sugar) strung together in a row. What makes DNA so special, among all other biomolecules, is its ability ...

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Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) devices provide real-time blood sugar readings 24 hours a day, allowing people with type 1 or type 2 diabetes to closely track blood glucose levels and trends. Most ...

Reuters, the news and media division of Thomson Reuters, is the world’s largest multimedia news provider, reaching billions of people worldwide every day. Reuters provides business, financial ...

The carbon cycle is the biogeochemical cycle focused on carbon and how it is sequestered in and moves between different reservoirs in the Earth system. Natural gradients across surface ocean ...

Track your blood sugar with the best glucose meters you can get in 2025 -- tested and picked by CNET's experts. Monitoring blood sugar is a crucial part of managing diabetes. You'll want the best ...

Blood glucose testing is a way of monitoring the levels of glucose (sugar) in the blood. It's a key aspect of managing diabetes: Done regularly, it can indicate how well insulin supplements, ...

Globally, transport emissions account for just six percent of food’s carbon footprint on average. But “when 1kg of produce is moved, a mile by air typically has around 100 times the carbon imp ...

Continuous glucose monitors were originally designed to help people with diabetes track and better manage their blood sugar (aka ‘blood glucose’). Nowadays, not everyone you see wearing one ...