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Diabetes & Obesity

How to Properly Collect and Handle GLP-1 Samples
February 26, 2019

How to Properly Collect and Handle GLP-1 Samples

We know that the proper collection and handling of samples is vital for accurately measuring GLP-1. ALPCO is here to help your lab reduce technical errors and improve assay results when running the STELLUX® Chemi Active GLP-1 (7-36) amide ELISA. Watch our video to learn how to properly collect and handle GLP-1 samples for more accurate results. https://youtu.be/j6_YgA2NCO8 Video Trans...
How DPP-4 Complicates Measuring GLP-1 Accurately
February 19, 2019

How DPP-4 Complicates Measuring GLP-1 Accurately

We know that the proper collection and handling of samples is vital for eliminating analytical variability and improving accuracy when measuring active GLP-1 (7-36) amide. ALPCO is here to help your lab reduce technical errors and improve assay results when running the STELLUX® Chemi Active GLP-1 (7-36) amide ELISA. Watch our video series to learn how DPP-4 complicates measuring GLP-1 acc...
Introducing the STELLUX® Chemi Active GLP-1 (7-36) amide ELISA
July 17, 2018

Introducing the STELLUX® Chemi Active GLP-1 (7-36) amide ELISA

Watch our video to learn more about the STELLUX® Chemi Active GLP-1 (7-36) amide ELISA and how you can now measure this incretin hormone with confidence. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Chu3VhEEpt0&t=3s The STELLUX® Chemi Active GLP-1 (7-36) amide ELISA features increased sensitivity to accurately quantify active GLP-1 (7-36) amide levels as low as 1.5 pg/mL with a 25 µL sample volume...
Dorothy Hodgkin’s Discovery of Insulin's 3D Structure
March 8, 2018

Dorothy Hodgkin’s Discovery of Insulin's 3D Structure

Nobel Prize winning British chemist Dr. Dorothy Hodgkin significantly contributed to unraveling the secrets of diabetes mellitus. She is considered a founder of X-ray crystallography, a technique used to discern the structures of organic biomolecules. Dorothy Hodgkin’s discovery of insulin's 3D structure paved the way for many scientific breakthroughs in diabetes research for years to follow. I...
Adipokines and Adipose Tissue-Liver Crosstalk in Energy Metabolism
February 6, 2018

Adipokines and Adipose Tissue-Liver Crosstalk in Energy Metabolism

Research over the past several decades examining adipokines and adipose tissue-liver crosstalk in energy metabolism has revealed that adipose tissue is a very important metabolically active endocrine organ1. White, brown, and beige adipose tissue generate and secrete adipokines, such as adiponectin and leptin, which facilitate adipose tissue-liver crosstalk and insulin sensitivity1. https://...
Islet Beta Cell Dysfunction
May 29, 2014

Islet Beta Cell Dysfunction in Type 1 Diabetes

This webinar is presented by Prof. Raghu Mirmira, MD PhD of Indiana University and discusses beta cell dysfunction as it relates to diabetes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThCF4krH9qg
Proinsulin, Insulin, Beta Cell Dysfunction
April 29, 2014

Proinsulin, Insulin and Beta Cell Dysfunction

UBC Professor Bruce Verchere, PhD discusses the significance of proinsulin and insulin as biomarkers to probe beta cell dysfunction. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HM5FN3D5VxI