Although diabetes and obesity often go hand-in-hand, new findings uncovered by the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, indicate that a group of brain cells called pro-opiomelanocortin neurons helps regulate the dispensing of glucose and insulin independent of food intake and body weight.

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Although diabetes and obesity often go hand-in-hand, new findings uncovered by the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, indicate that a group of brain cells called pro-opiomelanocortin neurons helps regulate the dispensing of glucose and insulin independent of food intake and body weight. These POMC neurons, which are found in a small region of the brain known...

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