The thymus is a crucial training ground for T-cells, the body's "white knights," where they learn to battle the various diseases they may encounter. Thymic function shrinks to nearly nothing as we age ...

For biologists, seeing is believing. But sometimes biologists have a hard time seeing. One particularly vexing challenge is ...

A healthy handful of walnuts in your breakfast could improve brain function throughout the day ... It's particularly exciting that such a simple dietary addition could make a measurable difference ...

A tissue microarray with 83 spotted squamous esophageal tissues, AccuMax Tissue Microarray ... When assessing Act A function in Boyden chamber invasion assays (Figure 3c), we added Act A either ...

Insulin is a hormone made in your pancreas, a gland located behind the stomach. It allows your body to use glucose for energy. Glucose is a type of sugar found in many carbohydrates. The body ...

Gray matter plays a role in cognitive function. An older 2017 study found that people who read literary fiction show a heightened ability to understand the feelings and beliefs of others.

Executive function skills are crucial to helping students thrive in their schooling and yet they develop unevenly. Dr Pooky Knightsmith explores practical strategies teachers can use to help students, ...

This study addresses the limited understanding of lactate metabolism-related genes in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSC ... in comparison to their levels in normal tissues, the genes GAL, ...