An organ is a group of tissues that work together to perform a specific task in the body, such as digesting nutrients or producing chemical messengers that enable brain cells to communicate. Although ...

Tears seem simple, but the tiny glands that produce them are among the least understood organs in the human body. By growing ...

The synovium is a membrane-like structure that lines the knee joint and helps to keep the joint happy and healthy, mainly by producing and maintaining synovial fluid. Inflammation of this tissue is ...

Overcoming acquired treatment resistance is one of the major challenges in the fight against cancer. While combination ...

Jellyfish are helping scientists develop futuristic materials for medicine and biological research. The material, based on jellyfish collagen, would act as a cellular scaffold to support a range of ...

A new computational model simulating fruit fly wing development has enabled researchers to identify previously hidden mechanisms behind organ generation. An research team developed a fruit fly model ...

When it’s time to bring new life into the world, the human body transforms itself in remarkable ways. The immune system, which usually fights off anything that reads as foreign, learns to chill out so ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has unveiled a new mandatory model proposal it says will improve access for individuals needing kidney transplants, reduce disparities and help ...

Absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion (ADME) are four main processes that demonstrate how a drug behaves after being administered. Therefore, ADME is key in defining a compound’s ...

The hospital industry is warning that a proposed mandatory model for kidney transplants could introduce “unnecessary disruption and uncertainty to the transplant ecosystem” and ultimately undercut the ...