Wei Gordon

Feb 27, 2024 | nature.com | Wei Gordon |Seungbyn Baek |Sarah L. Fong |Alex Galazyuk |Insuk Lee |Nancy B. Simmons | +4 more

Correction to: Nature Communications https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-44186-y, published online 09 January 2024The original version of this Article contained an error in Fig. 6. In the original version of Fig. 6, the arrow under “gene expression” for big brown bat “urine-concentration” was red and pointing down when it should have been green and pointing up. This has been corrected in both the PDF and HTML versions of the Article.

Feb 11, 2024 | asbmb.org | Wei Gordon |Nadav Ahituv |s Nadav Ahituv

News New understanding of how they’ve adapted to a high-sugar diet could lead to treatments for people By Wei Gordon and Nadav Ahituv People around the world eat too much sugar. When the body is unable to process sugar effectively, leading to excess glucose in the blood, this can result in diabetes. According to the World Health Organization, diabetes became the ninth leading cause of death in 2019. Humans are not the only mammals that love sugar. Fruit bats do, too, eating up to twice their...

Jan 26, 2024 | inverse.com | Wei Gordon |Nadav Ahituv

People around the world eat too much sugar. When the body is unable to process sugar effectively, leading to excess glucose in the blood, this can result in diabetes. According to the World Health Organization, diabetes became the ninth leading cause of death in 2019. Humans are not the only mammals that love sugar. Fruit bats do, too, eating up to twice their body weight in sugary fruit a day. However, unlike humans, fruit bats thrive on a sugar-rich diet.

Jan 18, 2024 | thepanamanews.com | Wei Gordon |Menlo College |Nadav Ahituv

Fruit bats have honed their sweet tooth through adaptive evolution. Keith Rose/iStock via Getty Images PlusWhy don’t fruit bats get diabetes? New understanding of how they’veadapted to a high-sugar diet could lead to treatments for peopleby Wei Gordon, Menlo College and Nadav Ahituv, University of California, San FranciscoPeople around the world eat too much sugar. When the body is unable to process sugar effectively, leading to excess glucose in the blood, this can result in diabetes.

Jan 15, 2024 | zmescience.com | Wei Gordon |Nadav Ahituv

Wei Gordon and Nadav Ahituv Dr. Gordon is Assistant Professor of Biology at Menlo College. This is her first year teaching at Menlo College. Dr. Gordon went to graduate school to become an undergraduate professor and work at a student-focused institution.