Harnessing the power of a metabolite produced in the kidneys and absorbed from certain foods can mimic the health benefits ...

Organ-on-a-chip systems offer a more accurate, ethical, and scalable alternative to animal testing in drug discovery and ...

Smoking. Too much junk food - and not enough exercise... certain habits are well-known drivers of chronic illness and act ...

Potassium has a positive charge and helps with muscle contractions and nerve signaling.,So wait — do I need to take extra ...

Scientists have developed a technique that aligns stem cells into a single sheet, resulting in a marked increase in the secretion of signaling proteins which help repair tissue and regulate the immune ...

Like all complex organisms, every human originates from a single cell that multiplies through countless cell divisions.

At the heart of our cells, a previously unknown structure has just been identified, shedding new light on essential ...

This useful study presents a biologically realistic, large-scale cortical model of the rat's non-barrel somatosensory cortex, investigating synaptic plasticity of excitatory connections under varying ...

The UCLA advance opens the door to growing other vascularized organ models, including intestines and colons, providing ...

A team of researchers from APL and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health is developing next-generation brain organoid platforms to better understand the effects of mild blast-induced ...