Human uptake of microplastic particles (MPs) is causing increasing health concerns, and there is mounting pressure to evaluate the associated risks. While MPs can be ingested, breathed in, or drank in ...

This is an important and solid study that examines the role of TFAM, a protein that helps maintain mtDNA, in mtDNA mutator mice. The authors have demonstrated that TFAM's counteractive role in mtDNA ...

Mental status changes. Absence of Clostridium in blood and wound cultures. Focal necrosis, microvascular thrombosis, and leukocytes in the debrided tissue exam. Anne Fink, BSN, RN, is a Nurse in ...

Figure 1: Mitochondrial involvement in cell death. Mitochondria are organelles with two well-defined compartments: the matrix, surrounded by the inner membrane (IM), and the intermembrane space ...

Focal nodular hyperplasia (FNH) is a tumor-like growth made up of several cell types (hepatocytes, bile duct cells, and connective tissue cells). Although FNH tumors are benign, they might cause ...

The American Cancer Society’s estimates for primary liver cancer and intrahepatic bile duct cancer in the United States for 2025 are: About 42,240 new cases (28,220 in men and 14,020 in women) will be ...