Contact: Laura J. Williams laurajw@umich.edu 734-615-4862 University of Michigan ANN ARBOR—Researchers in the Life Sciences Institute at the University of Michigan have challenged a long-held belief that whitening of skeletal muscle in diabetes is harmful. In fact, the white muscle… Read More ›
University of Massachusetts Medical School
New mechanism for relaxing airways using bitter tasting substances
Contact: Bryan Ghosh bghosh@plos.org 44-122-344-2837 Public Library of Science A team of scientists at the University of Massachusetts Medical School have found that substances which give some foods their bitter flavors can also act to reverse the contraction of airway… Read More ›