medicine

Immune cells that recognize self antigens (e.g. insulin), but are functionally silent, can trigger autoimmune diseases such as diabetes.

In critically ill patients with sepsis, plasma hemoglobin may be a new indicator of disease severity – and a potential target for treatment with acetaminophen.

Understanding how bacteria become resistant to quinolone antibiotics could guide strategies for developing new antibacterial drugs.

An ultrasound count of potentially egg-producing follicles could predict the timing of menopause.

The factor STAT6 appears to play a role in the pathogenesis of an inflammatory bowel disease, suggesting it may be a promising target for new treatments.

Vanderbilt researchers report that they have found a factor involved in the persistence of embryonic cells implicated in childhood liver cancer.

A protein that connects cells together participates in the calcification that occurs in heart valve disease.