glucose
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These measurements reflect how effectively the body handles sugar and responds to insulin, the hormone that helps move glucose from the bloodstream into cells.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026
"For decades, we have treated diabetes by telling the body how to manage glucose. We are now showing that we can take control of glucose directly, using electronics rather than drugs," he says.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026
The mice also lost weight, suggesting that converting excess glucose rather than allowing it to contribute to fat storage could offer an additional metabolic benefit.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026
When more glucose is available than the body needs, some of that excess energy can ultimately be stored as fat.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026
On Estha’s side of the road was a tea shack that sold tea and stale glucose biscuits in dim glass cases with flies.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
Sugars may be divided into two classes,—the sucroses, C12H22O11, and the glucoses, C6H12O6.
From An Introduction to Chemical Science by Rufus Phillips Williams
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