Researchers develop a mind-controlled, prosthetic hand for a quadriplegic patient.
Researchers develop a mind-controlled, prosthetic hand for a quadriplegic patient.
Fat cells behave differently in obese individuals, causing inflammation and insulin resitance.
The healing powers of maggots may lie in their secreted proteins, which restrain the human immune response.
Adipose tissue plays an immune role in individuals of normal wieght.
| December 1, 2012
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Certain immune cells keep adipose tissue in check by helping to define normal and abnormal physiological states.
Can emulating our early human ancestors make us healthier?
Researchers design and build nanoscale structures out of Lego-like DNA bricks.
Autism researchers are testing the ability of whipworm eggs to treat autism in a new clinical trial.
Inflammatory signals in injured zebrafish brains promote the growth of new neurons.