Mutations in polycystin-1 (PC1) can cause Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease (ADPKD), which is a leading cause of renal failure. The available evidence suggests that PC1 acts as a mechanosensor, receiving signals ...

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common form of age-related dementia. Our current understanding of AD pathogenesis is largely based on data from cases of relatively rare early-onset forms of the disease, collectively ...

When preterm infants are admitted in the NICU, mothers report experiencing uncertainty; powerlessness; loss of control; role alterations; fears to hold, feed, or touch the newborn; feelings of intrusion; and alienation in ...

Existence of a strong relationship between protein's dynamics and its functional kinetics was suggested decades ago. Even though different groups investigated this relationship, technical difficulties and lack of appropriate ...

Neurological diseases and neuropsychiatric disorders that vary depending on female life stages suggest that sex hormones may influence the function of neurotransmitter regulatory machinery such as the dopamine transporter ...

Uterine fibroids (also known as leiomyomas) represent a common gynecologic problem with a significant medical and economic burden. Unfortunately, no satisfactory long-term medical treatment is currently available. Statins ...

Increases in obesity have been observed in both men and women, for all age groups and major ethnic groups, and at all educational levels. However, in Mexican Americans, the increased level of obesity only partially accounts ...

Flight surgeons are physicians that care for the varied medical needs of aviators, flyers, pilots and astronauts. This thesis constitutes a literature review as to the characteristics of flight surgeons including from a ...

Figure demonstrating a method of determining mass during the weightlessness period of orbital spaceflight.