Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS), an optical tool that leverages light-tissue interaction to measure changes in hemoglobin ...

The enteric nervous system (ENS), the largest division of autonomic nervous system, is a tantalizing frontier in neuroscience. With the advent of single-cell transcriptomics, the ENS has been ...

Researchers discovered that epithelial cells use electricity to expel weak, energy-poor neighbors and maintain tissue health.

When Brent Chapman was 13, he took ibuprofen – something he had done several times before – during a Christmas basketball ...

Primary cilia play a powerful role in how cells sense their surroundings. They help guide embryo development and ensure ...

The leading causes of death in people with multiple myeloma include a weakened immune system, kidney failure, infections, and ...

A French civil servant functioned normally with 90 percent of his brain missing. How is this possible? Research reveals ...

This month's cover highlights the article A novel bacterial effector protein mediates ER-LD membrane contacts to regulate host lipid droplets by Stacey D. Gilk, Rajendra Angara and Arif Sadi. The ...

We’ve come a long way from the Vacanti mouse. Back in the mid-90s, Charles Vacanti and other researchers experimented with cartilage regeneration and, with the help of a biodegradable mold and bovine ...

Perivascular adipose tissue is a unique fat depot surrounding most blood vessels with a significant role in vascular function. While adipocytes compose the vast majority of the perivascular adipose ...

William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom. William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and The London ...