With a distance of 6 feet between heart and brain, giraffes should seemingly suffer the symptoms of hypertension as a result of their blood’s relentless uphill climb. They don’t.
Tardigrades may be microscopic, but they contain mammoth adaptability for surviving extremes, including deadly radiation
AMPK, a major metabolic enzyme, controls hunger, helps burn calories and fat, and may help treat diabetes and cancer.
Mitochondria, our cells’ energy converters, have become the focus of many areas of disease research.
A pathogen - commonly known as germs- is a living particle that causes disease or illness, most often by disrupting the normal functioning of the human body.
Our fat provides more than just insulation and energy storage. It’s actually an organ that plays an essential role in our body’s functioning.
In the battlefield that is our human bodies, pathogen-chomping macrophages face off against harmful intruders that include the likes of parasitic pinworms.
In the fight for immunity, our B-cells play the role of watchful attack dogs. A virus like Ebola has other ideas.
Mosquitoes are the deadliest animals on Earth, killing 725,000 people a year and sickening millions of others.