Your body follows a circadian rhythm that influences everything from how well your medications work to the best time for exercise.

In vertebrates, calcium is stored in bones, and its release is tightly regulated. Now, using fruit flies as a model organism, researchers at University of Tsukuba have shown that even animals without ...

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 ...

Creative Commons (CC): This is a Creative Commons license. Attribution (BY): Credit must be given to the creator. Protein function prediction is essential for elucidating biological processes and ...

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 ...

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 ...

School of Materials Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory for Polymeric Composite and Functional Materials of Ministry of Education, Guangdong Engineering Technology Research Centre for Functional ...

Manchester City is the reigning Premier League champion. / Michael Regan/Getty Images The English football league system, also known as the English soccer pyramid, is the framework for men's soccer ...

ABSTRACT: Introduction: Pituitary apoplexy is a rare condition caused by hemorrhage or infarction of the pituitary gland, often in the context of a pituitary adenoma. This study aimed to examine the ...

The peripheral endoplasmic reticulum (ER) forms a continuous, dynamic network of tubules that plays an important role in protein transport and quality control, cellular signaling, and stress response.