Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

To fight tuberculosis infection, early protection is crucial

In the first days after the tuberculosis (TB) bacteria infect the body, a flurry of immune cells are activated to fight the infection. Now, researchers have identified a master cell that coordinates the body's immune defenses ...

Medical research

Elucidation of bone regeneration mechanism

How osteoblasts are supplied during bone regeneration has been controversial among bone researchers. According to Atsushi Kawakami, an Associate Professor who specializes in tissue regeneration and led the study, scientists ...

Sports medicine & Kinesiology

Helping wasting muscles build back better

Muscles waste as a result of not being exercised enough, as happens quickly with a broken limb that has been immobilized in a cast, and more slowly in people reaching an advanced age. Muscle atrophy, how clinicians refer ...

Overweight & Obesity

Study highlights the importance of signaling molecule in obesity

Recent work from the University of Kentucky College of Medicine published in Trends in Endocrinology & Metabolism discusses an essential signaling pathway that causes metabolic dysfunction including insulin resistance and ...

Radiology & Imaging

Exploring the deep tissues using photoacoustic imaging

Photoacoustic imaging has gained global attention for capturing images without causing pain or using ionizing radiation. Recently, many researchers have heavily studied observing deep tissues to apply photoacoustic imaging ...

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