Scientists have uncovered a powerful genetic switch that helps some of the body’s most important immune cells grow up properly and keep our organs healthy. The switch, called MafB, guides immature ...

Meredith Smith chose to remove her brain-damaged husband from life support. She said Lifebanc wanted to keep him alive ...

Growing tissues can crack, break, and dissociate to form structures that can later withstand immense forces.

A growing body of research is proving that the often discarded portions of an animal are actually the most nutrient dense.

Drinking water in the morning can help improve alertness and weight management, as well as heart, metabolic, kidney, and skin ...

A basic metabolic panel (BMP) measures basic body functions related to blood chemicals. The BMP includes eight tests to check things like blood sugar and electrolytes. Doctors use BMPs to help see how ...

Blood: red, liquid, and always on the move. But is it a bodily fluid? Or an organ in its own right? Either way, we wouldn't be alive without it! Without our blood, we wouldn't be alive! It transports ...

Organs are anatomically distinct structural and functional units within multicellular organisms, composed of multiple tissue types organized to perform specific physiological roles as part of larger ...

A stem-cell-based monkey embryo model that self-organizes into a comprehensive body plan could lead the way to more-sophisticated models of early human development. Xiangyu Kong is in the Department ...

Ultra-processed foods have been heavily criticised from a range of quarters, from the global bodies such as the UN’s World Health Organisation to national health bodies. Now, medical journal the ...

It’s hard to believe, but a tiny organ in your neck, about the size of a grain of rice, may be one of the key reasons why some people have high blood pressure. This small structure is called the ...

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