Caffeine is produced by approximately 30 of the world’s 300,000 or so different species of flowering plants, estimated Todd Barkman of Western Michigan, who led the new study. The divergent nature of ...

How caffeine works in our bodies Caffeine works ... “We think that adenosine serves as an important signaling molecule to let us know we need to rest. It’s sleep-inducing,” said Shawn ...

Scientists have engineered human cells that boost the production of insulin in response to caffeine. These modified cells could ... version of human glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1), a molecule that ...

Among them, caffeine was particularly noteworthy, as it is commonly found in coffee and caffeinated beverages. Molecular docking along with other analyses revealed that caffeine binds strongly to ...