The human body is still a mystery, and some organs have largely been considered useless in one way or another. However, the ...

Readers will learn how veterinary oncologists stage and treat canine lymphoma using modern multi-agent chemotherapy and palliative care.

Our immune system relies on T cells to fight infections. But T cells don't just show up and react—first, they train, get a game plan, and coordinate their defenses in lymphoid organs. Researchers have ...

Autotransplantation of spleen tissue has been done, in the past ten years, in children with schistosomiasis mansoni with bleeding varices. The purposes of this investigation were: (1) to study the ...

The start-up Function will send practically anyone to a lab for extensive medical testing, no physical required. Is that a good thing? By Kristen V. Brown As Kimberly Crisp approached middle age, ...

This study, conducted in Armenia, investigated how Macrovipera lebetina obtusa venom affects blood and spleen function in rats and mice The venom disrupts blood clotting, prolonging clotting times ...

The instant Corey Ibrahim felt the impact of the tackle and collided with the turf at Johnson Hagood Stadium he knew something was wrong. The Citadel running back had gone up to catch a pass just off ...

With a $1 million Impact Award from the U.S. Department of Defense, Tianfu Wu, a University of Houston biomedical engineer, is developing a method to send medication directly to the spleen where ...

Most people don’t think about the spleen when they get vaccinated, but this small organ plays a key role in the immune system. Located under the ribcage on the left side of the body, the spleen helps ...

On this episode of the Huberman lab podcast, my guest is evolutionary geneticist, Dr Melissa Ilardo. We discussed how specific behaviors modify gene expression and can improve resilience in humans.

In everyday life, the spleen rarely gets the spotlight. This lesser-known organ, tucked under the rib cage on the left side of the abdomen, has just gained new respect from medical researchers. For a ...