Long-acting insulin starts to work within 1 to 2 hours, but it doesn’t peak like other types of insulin. It has a lower intensity and can keep working in your body for up to 24 hours. Long ...

Insulin is a vital hormone that controls numerous processes in the body—from blood glucose (blood sugar) regulation to cell growth. Impaired insulin action is a major factor in the development ...

Therefore, it is critically important to understand whether insulin resistance affects all aspects of insulin action equally. Physiologically, the fact that the half-maximal effective ...

Type 2 diabetes is projected to afflict 300 million people worldwide by 2020. Therefore, a deeper understanding of the processes and mechanisms that lead to metabolic failure in key tissues and ...

Insulin resistance precedes and predicts the onset of type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2), a chronic disease that causes high morbidity and mortality worldwide. In affected people, insulin is unable to ...

SAN FRANCISCO, June 14, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) today announced new data regarding the mechanism of action of basal insulin peglispro (BIL). When BIL and insulin ...

Type 2 diabetes arises from a combination of impaired insulin action and defective pancreatic β-cell function. Classically, the two abnormalities have been viewed as distinct yet mutually ...

Researchers decode an important mechanism through which insulin in the hypothalamus controls the body's energy balance. Advanced Search. ... Insulin action in the brain can lead to obesity ...

The balance between the secretion and action of hormones is essential for the body to function properly. Thus, the secretion of several hormones, including insulin, varies over a 24-hour period ...