Because vitamin D plays a crucial role in many aspects of health and growth, inadequate levels can put children at risk of developing chronic disease early on.

Medically reviewed by Kelly Wood, MD The endocrine system is made of glands that produce hormones (chemical messengers), ...

The abnormal (cancer) cells begin multiplying and ... You might get low calcium levels from an accidental removal of the parathyroid glands during surgery. These glands are behind the thyroid ...

Immune cells in the skin ‘cauterize’ open wounds and create ‘band-aids’ to prevent the spread of harmful bacteria and foreign molecules from injury sites, finds a study 1 in mice.

Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, United States Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, ...

You can increase white blood cells (WBCs) by taking certain medications and eating immune-boosting foods, like yogurt, lean protein foods, antioxidant-rich vegetables, and more. Maintaining a normal ...

Under homeostatic conditions, haematopoiesis in Drosophila larvae occurs in the lymph gland and sessile haemocyte clusters to produce two functionally and morphologically different cells: ...

Objective: We hypothesized that most patients with 22q11.2 deletion and a history of hypocalcemia have inadequate parathyroid function, manifested by intact parathyroid hormone levels below normal.

2 Tianjin Clinical Research Center for Rheumatic and Immune Diseases, Tianjin, China Correspondence to Dr Wei Wei, Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Tianjin Medical University General ...

The Department of Cell and Molecular Biology at Karolinska Institutet is a nationally leading academic research center of high international standard where science comes first and foremost. CMB ...

The thymus gland is part of our lymphatic system. It’s involved in the development of a type of white blood cell called a T lymphocyte. These white blood cells are part of your immune system. They ...