The transport of mineral dust (e.g. soil) through the atmosphere over thousands of kilometers represents an important component of Earth systems. During transport, that is,…
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During the development of an organism, all the different tissues take their shape and grow. Ultimately, they all together form a functional adult. The big…
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Exposure of deoxyribonucleic acid to endogenous or exogenous chemical and physical agents often leads to conformational changes in DNA structure. Small inorganic and organic molecules…
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Morphogenesis is the process through which organs and organisms acquire their shape during development. These changes in shape are the result of coordinated cellular movements…
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Transplantation is in some regards the “end of the line” therapy in medical care as transplantation specialists step in to replace entire organs after other…
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In the mid-1950s, Dr. Denham Harman, MD, Ph.D., proposed the free radical theory of aging while a resident in internal medicine. Dr. Harman had studied…
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It is now widely accepted that human activities have resulted in significant changes to the Earth’s atmosphere, oceans, and terrestrial environments. While climate change is…
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Uveitis is a potentially blinding condition whereby inflammation may irreversibly damage the delicate intraocular structures. It can be associated with infections, other systemic autoimmune conditions,…
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Treatment responses in (small) children are difficult to assess since descriptions of symptoms and symptom changes are not easily available without the use of language,…
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Across the human genome, there are a few million base pairs that differentiate one person from another. Though these differences account for only 0.1% of…
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The migration of substances in complex systems is most commonly a result of diffusion – a mechanism in which atoms or molecules migrate from the…
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