Lung cancer remains the world’s deadliest cancer, and cigarette smoke is its chief culprit. Chemicals in tobacco, such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), damage DNA and trigger the mutations ...

These are numbered 1 to 3: AIN 1 – the cells are slightly abnormal AIN 2 - the cells are moderately abnormal AIN 3 - the cells are severely abnormal Or doctors refer to AIN as a low grade or high ...

Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered a previously unknown process used by epithelial cells to alleviate ...

The hepatitis E virus (HEV) causes severe liver inflammation. A research team from Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, and ...

Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), which can be harvested from fat and bone marrow, have immune-modulating and anti-inflammatory ...

Medically reviewed by Anju Goel, MD Pyuria is a term that describes the presence of pus, which is mostly made up of white blood cells, in urine. Urine typically contains very few or no white blood ...

Cells once thought passive are now seen as sculptors. Their choreography may explain how tissues form and fail. A new study ...

New research by Sumeda Nandadasa, Ph.D., reveals how a key protein associated with Meckel-Gruber syndrome, nephronophthisis, ...

Acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress syndrome (ALI/ARDS) was first described in 1967 by Ashbaugh and colleagues in a group of 12 patients who shared a constellation of clinical symptoms ...

Despite confusion and controversy regarding equivocal Pap test results, the 2001 Bethesda guidelines have maintained the non-specific category of atypical squamous cells (ASC), mainly due to the ...

Urine is an ideal material to study the cancer-related protein biomarkers in bladder, whereas exploration to these candidates is confronting technique challenges. Herein, we propose a comprehensive ...