Malaria, responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths each year worldwide, is caused by a parasite transmitted through the ...

PSMA also lights up saliva glands, but unexpectedly, other areas in the human head started to shine. This led to the ...

The findings may have implications for radiotherapy, a cancer treatment that can cause damage to salivary glands and leave lasting complications. Doctors don’t regularly come across undiscovered bits ...

If successful, the experiment could pave the way for the production of 3D-printed human glands. Back in March 2015 Moscow-based 3D Bioprinting Solutions lab (founded in 2013) became the first such ...

They found that increased Hh signaling is a hallmark of human meibomian gland carcinoma, a rare and aggressive cancer of the ...

The major salivary glands produce approximately one quart of saliva each day, which in turn plays a crucial role in food digestion, swallowing, speech, and protection of teeth against bacteria and ...

The adrenal glands produce several hormones necessary for everyday human life and health. They produce hormones that help regulate the metabolism, blood pressure, immune system, stress response, and ...

Here we have developed a novel method of culturing human sebocytes without transformation ... Primary sebaceous gland cells do not express Keratin 8 in contrast to previously immortalized sebocytes.