The circadian clock system is a feedback loop of core clock genes and proteins, with post-transcriptional and post-translational regulation, in each cell in nearly every peripheral tissue Nuclear ...

Currently available animal and human liver models provide limited predictions of human drug efficacy and toxicity, primarily due to metabolic differences and the limited ability of simple 2-D models ...

Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Vol. 3 (1830 - 1837), pp. 211-212 (2 pages) ...

VOL: 101, ISSUE: 49, PAGE NO: 22 Helen L. Day, MSc, BSc, RGN, RSCN, DipN, is paediatric critical care clinical educator and outreach facilitator Rachel M. Taylor, MSc ...

This article, the sixth in an eight-part series, examines the anatomy and physiology of the endocrine glands and tissues associated with the gastrointestinal tract. The endocrine system comprises ...

Your liver is your body’s largest solid organ. It is vital to the body’s metabolic functions and immune system. Without a functioning liver, a person cannot survive. The liver is a half-moon-shaped ...

A new study suggests that a naturally occurring compound made by healthy gut bacteria may help protect children from developing fatty liver disease later in life. Children whose mothers eat diets high ...