Medically reviewed by Alicen Nelson MD, MPH The navel, also known as the belly button or umbilicus, is a small, round, or ...

Researchers at the University of Liège (Belgium) have uncovered a previously unknown mechanism that regulates the immune ...

Researchers have analyzed the soft tissue from a fossilized plesiosaur for the first time. The results show that the long-necked marine reptile had both smooth and scaly skin. This was likely so it ...

West Tennessee Medical Group announces the addition of an infectious disease practice to its multi-specialty medical group.

Rapidly spreading, harrowing and potentially lethal, a necrotizing soft tissue infection — so-called flesh-eating disease — “scares the living daylights” out of doctors, as several shared on a ...

EFTISARC-NEO – Phase II Trial in Soft Tissue Sarcoma Also in November ... new patent for efti in combination with a PD-1 pathway inhibitor for the treatment of infection from the Brazilian Patent ...

Millions of women undergo episiotomies during childbirth every year, yet the mechanics behind these surgical cuts remain ...

Once the bone was safely back inside the man, doctors worked to stem off any infections, according to the report. For one month, the medical team gave antibiotics, irrigated the wound, changed the man ...

BETHESDA, Md. — (NMRC)’s Clinical Trials Center (CTC) is seeking volunteers to participate in a phase 1 clinical trial for a vaccine aimed at reducing frequency ...

Pathogen-fighting immune cells called tissue-resident memory CD8 T cells (TRM cells) go through a surprising transformation -- and relocation -- as they fight infections in the small intestine.

“Most organisms have natural defense mechanisms to protect themselves against infection,” said study co-author Professor Kirsten Benkendorff from the University’s Faculty of Science and ...