The modern explosion in medical memoirs is often attributed to Henry Marsh, the neurosurgeon whose instant classic, Do No Harm, was published in 2014. Yet 5 years earlier, another British surgeon, ...

A Treatise. Edited by F. C. Steward. Vol. 1A: Cellular Organization and Respiration. Pp. xxvii + 331. (New York: Academic Press, Inc.; London: Academic Press, Inc ...

The landmark discovery of the BCL-2 gene and its function marked the inhibition of apoptotic cell death as a crucial mechanism driving cancer development. This new review brings together some of ...

Iowa’s recipients are Robert Piper, chair and departmental executive officer of anatomy and cell biology, and professor of internal medicine and molecular physiology and biophysics in the Carver ...

A new study suggests that never-seen-before stem cells in the human retina can restore vision in mice with a common eye disorder. But more work is needed to translate the treatment to people.

The course "Pharmacology, physiology and cell biology 2" provides an introduction to the structure and function of some of the body´s organ systems (gastrointestinal, heart and circulation, lungs and ...

Research in the Department of Biological Sciences covers a broad range of biological disciplines across multiple hierarchical levels including molecular biology, microbiology, animal physiology, ...

2. A take home assessment that will be assessed online and will measure anatomy and physiology knowledge base. The students will be required to answer questions, during the assigned timeframe, that ...

The common hepatic duct transports the bile made by the liver cells to the gallbladder and duodenum (the first part of the small intestine) via the common bile duct. The liver regulates most chemical ...

An analysis of skull and vertebrae fossils suggests that an early relative of giraffes butted heads to compete for mates, which may reveal why modern giraffes are so throaty. “Discokeryx has extreme ...

The thyroid gland is responsible for the synthesis and the secretion of thyroid hormones (TH), triiodothyronine (T3) and thyroxine (T4), which is made up by the thyrocytes (epithelial cells that are .

Twenty-four healthy sea cucumbers were selected from the holding tank for behavioral experiments. They were randomly divided into 2 groups (98.4 ± 16.2g, n = 12 sea cucumber/group), one of them was ...