A new study brings together growing evidence that the X and Y chromosomes do much more than just determine biological sex.

Autoimmune liver diseases (AILDs), including autoimmune hepatitis, primary biliary cholangitis, primary sclerosing ...

Extreme dry mouth, caused by radiation used to treat cancer and by autoimmune diseases such as Sjögren's disease, radically ...

The body has an intricate system to defend against infections where each type of immune cell plays a distinct role. Now, a study led by researchers from the Penn State College of Medicine has ...

An international research team led jointly by the University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG), the University of Göttingen and the University of Western Ontario in London, Canada, has shown that nerve ...

Cilia are ubiquitous on cells, playing a variety of roles, Dr. Nicastro explained. While non-motile cilia serve as sensors for chemical and mechanical signals, motile cilia rhythmically beat to propel ...

Until now, doctors knew hepatic stellate cells mainly as drivers of liver fibrosis. The actual functions of this cell type have hardly been studied to date. Researchers have now determined that ...

Death ends the body’s ability to function as a whole, but it does not kill every cell at the same instant. Research has shown that some human cells remain viable for hours or even days after death, ...

Why small cells in the liver store vitamin A]When we hear that vitamin A is stored in the liver, we might imagine it soaking ...

Even when we hear that a gene related to Crohn's disease has been discovered, it is not immediately clear in which intestinal ...