Show Notes
This release contains only the music track from Base by Base Episode 43.
Song title: Maps Under the Skin
Original Base by Base episode: 43: Population heterogeneity, insulin sensitivity, proteome & signaling mapping
Article metadata:
Article title: Personalized molecular signatures of insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes
Journal: Cell
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2025.05.005
Reference: Kjærgaard J., Stocks B., Henderson J., Freemantle J.B., Rizo-Roca D., Puglia M., et al.. Personalized molecular signatures of insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes. Cell, 188, 4106-4122.e16. (2025). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2025.05.005
Lyrics:
Verse 1
We line up numbers on a midnight screen
Different bodies, different in-between
Proteins flicker like a living code
Telling us where the sugar road
Turns sharp, turns soft, or slows
Pre-Chorus
Not one story, not one straight line
Heterogeneous hearts keep changing time
So we trace the signals, frame by frame
Looking for the why behind the name
Chorus
We got maps under the skin, lighting up the dark
Pathways like constellations, showing where you are
When sensitivity sings, when resistance pulls you in
We don’t guess—we map it, maps under the skin
Verse 2
In vivo rhythms, measured close and real
How the body learns, how the tissues feel
Proteome pages turning, row by row
Patterns in the proteins start to show
What the blood won’t say alone
Bridge
So let the pathways talk in bright lines
Let the molecules draw new signs
From mixed-up people, a clearer view
A thousand differences, still something true
A shared signal breaking through
Final Chorus
We got maps under the skin, lighting up the dark
Pathways like constellations, showing where you are
Across the noise, the truth begins
One more key in the engine—maps under the skin
