The blood–brain barrier functions as an evolutionarily optimized vascular “filter,” permitting limited penetration of small molecules like temozolomide while effectively excluding most biologics from ...

Exhaustion creeps in. Appetite vanishes. Hair thins. The person in the mirror looks gaunt. It's the paradox of cancer treatment: The same drugs meant to save a life can also wear the body down. Nick ...

More than 100 million people in the United States suffer from metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), characterized by a buildup of fat in the liver. This condition can lead ...

Ultrasonic spray coating parameters such as drug-to-polymer ratio and carrier gas flow impact coating thickness/profile and ...

Internal organ tissues often don’t heal after illness or injury and lose some function, such as the heart after a heart attack. UCLA cardiologists have identified a protein that interferes with ...

Two models more accurately replicate the physiology of the liver, offering a new way to test treatments for fat buildup. More than 100 million people in the United States suffer from metabolic ...

The body's tissues can get injured in many ways, but while some injuries heal perfectly, others don't heal at all. A cut in the skin, for example, usually heals all on its own, while internal organs, ...

The obesity drug Tirzepatide (Mounjaro/Zepbound) boosts metabolism by activating brown fat to burn calories, offering health benefits beyond weight loss.