A dietary supplement believed to protect against Alzheimer's disease might instead be potentially harmful to the brain, a new study warns. L-serine is an amino acid that serves many different roles in ...
LA JOLLA—(January 25, 2023) Approximately half of people with type 1 or type 2 diabetes experience peripheral neuropathy—weakness, numbness, and pain, primarily in the hands and feet. The condition ...
Studies in mice by a Salk Institute research team have shown how altered amino acid metabolism can represent a contributing factor to diabetes-associated peripheral neuropathy. Their experiments found ...
The study adds to growing evidence that some often-underappreciated, 'non-essential' amino acids play important roles in the nervous system. The findings may provide a new way to identify people at ...