The extracellular matrix of articular cartilage is the primary target of osteoarthritic cartilage degradation. However, cartilage cells have a pivotal role during osteoarthritis, as they are ...

Why? Because we all instinctively know that one can't possibly survive (or barely survive) such a long fall. Long falls are just one type of mechanism of injury that is seen in emergency medicine.

They earn units by reducing emissions below “business-as-usual” – the emissions that would occur without the project. Just like emissions trading, for such mechanisms to work a tonne reduction must ...

Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is the information-carrying molecule found in all living organisms. In most animal, plant and fungal cells DNA is stored in the nucleus coiled up in thread-like ...

Defense mechanisms are rooted in Freud’s theory of personality.According to his model, the mind has three dueling forces: the id (unconscious and primitive urges for food, comfort, and sex), the ...

The foot is a complex structure made up of 28 bones, 33 joints, 19 muscles, over 100 tendons and ligaments, and more than 200,000 different nerve endings. These work together to allow you to walk, run ...

Furthermore, mitochondrial dysfunction, including impairments in mitochondrial network dynamics, cristae morphology, and mtDNA nucleoid structure, plays a crucial role in diseases like type 2 diabetes ...

A team of UVM scientists led by Mark Nelson, Ph.D., from the Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont, has uncovered a novel mechanism that reshapes our understanding of how blood ...

Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada School of the Environment, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3J1, Canada ...

Graphically, forces are often represented by a vector whose end represents the point of action. A mechanism is what is responsible for any action or reaction. Machines are based on the idea of ...

A new study from Tel Aviv University has provided new insights into the biological mechanism underlying genetically-based autism, specifically mutations in the SHANK3 gene, which are responsible for ...