AICAR (5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide ribonucleotide) is a peptide that has garnered interest within the scientific community due to its possible role in regulating various metabolic pathways and ...

Scientists have discovered what could be the ultimate workout for couch potatoes: exercise in a pill. In experiments on mice that did no exercise, the chemical compound, known as AICAR, allowed them ...

Mucin 1 (MUC1) and its active component, MUC1-CT, are deemed to be overexpressed by lung cancer cells. Even though a peptide may inhibit MUC1 signaling, little is known about metabolites that target ...

The adenoside analog compound AICAR (5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide-1-β-D-ribofuranoside) has recently been found to elicit a selective apoptotic response in trisomic mouse embryonic fibroblasts and ...

Scientists at the Salk Institute in La Jolla, California have found two different drugs that can mimic the effects of exercise in remarkable ways. In this interactive, one of the lead researchers, ...

Scientists have discovered what they believe is one of the first drugs to combat heat stroke. An experimental therapy once dubbed the "couch potato pill" for its ability to mimic the effects of ...

Previous study showed that overexpression of the global regulator VeA mediated a significant increase in the antitumor activity of F. solani, with a marked enrichment of differential metabolites ...

Researchers in Cologne, Germany have developed a test for the 'fitness in a pill' drug called AICAR, Deutschlandfunk.de reported today. The substance was linked to cycling in 2012 when a Colombian ...