Researchers at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity (Doherty Institute) have discovered a new gene that plays an important role in the way the spleen functions, potentially leading ...

The spleen is a fragile organ that plays an important role in maintaining internal energy, good digestion and stable body weight. Called the “digestive fire” in traditional Chinese medicine, with the ...

An international team of researchers, led by University of Houston Cullen Endowed Professor of biomedical engineering Mario Romero-Ortega, has progressed electroceutical research for treatment of ...

In recent years, immune receptors have been highlighted to play a role in brain and systemic homeostasis and during inflammatory conditions. Immune receptors, defined as receptors present in immune ...

Comparatively little is known about the molecular mechanisms regulating the development of the spleen and thymus. Considerably more attention has been focused on elucidating the mechanisms regulating ...

Researchers at the Technion—Israel Institute of Technology Faculty of Biology have identified a unique mechanism involved in the aging of the immune system—along with a framework for enhancing its ...

Asplenia, or the absence of a spleen, may be the result of functional or anatomical deficiency in spleen function. Following splenectomy, the patient loses the immune capability of the spleen with ...