TSU Faculty of Physical Education hopes to cure diabetes through sport
2022-04-20
For over 3 years, a research team at TSU’s Faculty of Physical Education has been studying the development of diabetes. Experiments on rodents demonstrated that physical exercises have a good influence on the organism and can correct, if not cure, the illness. The main objective of the second stage is to find ways to correct metabolic syndrome. The research continues with the support of the Russian Science Foundation.
Now, scientists will investigate this type of cells further to identify the right proteins to stimulate to control sugar metabolism in people with diabetes.
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“During the first stage of the previous grant we have modeled diabetes in mice, made a treadmill for them, and then made them exercise daily for a month. It proved our hypothesis that physical exercise can cure diabetes,” says Leonid Kapilevich, head of the Department of Tourism. “The effect of these exercises on the condition was unknown; therefore we focused on studying the work of muscles under this kind of load.”
It is known that with diabetes, muscles do not take up sugar. The scientists supposedly found the protein responsible for it: if muscles are active, the amount of this protein increases and muscles can take up sugar again. With the grant continuation, the scientists can investigate further the model created in the first stage. It proved to be working: the scientists tried to cure diabetes by electricity stimulating lab-grown cells with a high sugar level.Now, scientists will investigate this type of cells further to identify the right proteins to stimulate to control sugar metabolism in people with diabetes.
Read more: https://en.tsu.ru/news/tsu-faculty-of-physical-education-hopes-to-cure-diabetes-through-sport/
