Physiological signals can nowadays be easily monitored with measurement devices implanted inside a living body. The object - animal or human - is barely aware of the presence of the implant. An ...

After the emergence of single-celled organisms some billions of years ago, nature started experimenting with how to diversify gene function without changing the sequence of the DNA, such that the blue ...

The liver stands as a powerhouse organ, orchestrating a symphony of crucial functions essential for our overall health. It serves as the body’s primary detoxifier, meticulously removing harmful ...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 103, No. 9 (Feb. 28, 2006), pp. 3462-3467 (6 pages) Regulation of energy homeostasis is a vital function of the ...

‘Programmed cell death’ (PCD), an expression that was admirably coined by Richard Lockshin in the 1960s, 1 is often resolved by apoptosis, a modality of cell death that is defined by characteristic ...

The cerebral cortex is your brain’s outermost layer. It has a wrinkled appearance due to the grooves and folds that increase its surface area. Here, we look at the anatomy of the cerebral cortex and ...

Physiological signals can nowadays be easily monitored with measurement devices implanted inside a living body. A Finnish researcher believes that the next tech-savvy generation represents a potential ...