HONOLULU (KHON2) — Would you eat insects? A new study has found that the exoskeletons of insects can induce weigh loss in mice. But what about humans? Get Hawaii’s latest morning news delivered to ...

Chitin, which provides crucial exoskeletal structure and protection to soft-bodied arthropods such as crustaceans, spiders and insects, may have a surprising role in being able to modulate metabolism ...

Chitin is a dietary fiber found abundantly in the exoskeletons of insects and crustaceans; the shells of crabs and lobsters, for example. New research suggests that chomping down on chitin ...

Crustaceans, insects and mushrooms are rich sources of the dietary fiber chitin, which activates the immune system and benefits metabolism, according to a new study in mice. Who can forget the stomach ...

Surprising new research shows that, contrary to conventional belief, remains of chitin-protein complex–structural materials containing protein and polysaccharide–are present in abundance in fossils of ...

Shrimp plastics are made from a polymer called chitin found in shrimp shells and common in the natural world in everything from exoskeletons to butterfly wings. To paraphrase the famous line from the ...