Infants born prematurely may require parenteral or intravenous nutrition to provide the necessary nourishment, as their digestive system is immature and cannot digest nutrients. However,
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Astrocytes, the most abundant cells in the brain, have surprised researchers with their unanticipated diversity of shapes and functions. This month, From the Labs’s features
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“There’s something unusual about this ATM genetic variant and how it acts,” said Dr. Chris Amos. “It was really unexpected to see such a strong genetic
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‘Seeing’ without eyes may one day become a reality for blind people whose eyes or optic nerve, but not the visual cortex of the brain,
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Astrocytes are no longer seen only as supporting cells of the healthy adult brain. Increasing experimental evidence not only shows that they are a diverse
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Triglycerides are lipids that are part of the particles that transport cholesterol – high-density lipoproteins (HDL, or ‘good cholesterol’), and low-density and very-low-density lipoproteins (LDL
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Effectively treating upper tract urothelial cancer – a cancer of the lining of the kidney or the ureter, the long, thin tube that connects that
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The goal of a vaccine is to trigger a response that safely protects against an infection and/or the burden of disease. While this is true
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Tobacco smoking is a risk factor for serious conditions and now researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, the University of South Carolina and other institutions
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Motor and sensory nerves, such as the sciatic nerve, conduct fast electric impulses thanks in part to the insulating myelin sheath formed by Schwann glial
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