A trio of scientists — two of them American and one Japanese — have won the Nobel Prize in medicine for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance, a mechanism by which the body helps ...
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2025 has been awarded for discoveries that explain how the immune system attacks hostile infections, but not the body's own cells. The prize is shared by ...
Copyright: © 2025 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. As we enter the second quarter of the 21st century, geopolitical shifts and funding cuts have created a ...
Join clinical herbalist Violet Moon for a beginner’s guide to the endocrine system. Violet will discuss the anatomy, function, and energetics of the endocrine system, as well as the impacts of ...
Wendy Wisner is a journalist and international board certified lactation consultant (IBCLC). She has written about all things pregnancy, maternal/child health, parenting, and general health and ...
Endocrine disruptors are defined as substances, or mixtures of substances, that interfere with the function of the endocrine system. These chemicals can act at very low doses, often exert combined or ...
When these hormones become imbalanced, it can lead to the development of an endocrine disorder. “An endocrine disorder occurs when your body produces either too much or too little of a particular ...
Ceramides, as major components of the human stratum corneum’s (SC) lipid matrix, are considered crucial for regulating the skin’s barrier function against the ingress of exogenous substances as well ...
Surprisingly, nearly 90% of Germany’s population is covered by statutory health insurance, a testament to the country’s commitment to universal healthcare. The German healthcare system stands out ...
Just like humans and other animals, plants need an immune system to defend themselves from disease. An important part of the plant immune system is Effector-Triggered Immunity (ETI), which can sense ...
Department of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 8, 72076 Tübingen, Germany Tübingen Center for ...