Study explains how low testosterone raises diabetes risk
April 28, 2016
Doctors have long known that men with low testosterone are at greater risk for developing type 2 diabetes. For the first time, researchers have identified how testosterone helps men regulate blood sugar by triggering key signaling mechanisms in islets, clusters of cells within the pancreas that produce insulin. The findings, co-authored by Tulane University researchers, are published in the journal Cell Metabolism.
Tulane researcher using “nerve-on-a-chip” to study safer chemo drugs
March 04, 2016
A Tulane researcher is leading a study that could lead to improved ways of screening chemotherapy drugs for neurotoxicity.
Tulane professor part of discovery of new human relative
September 10, 2015
Anthropology professor Trenton Holliday is among researchers involved in the discovery of a new species of human relative in a South African cave.
Plants help clean up oil, Tulane study finds
April 29, 2015
Tulane researchers found that oil-eating bacteria increased in marsh grass exposed to oil after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill.