The pancreas is a wing-shaped gland that extends from the duodenum (the upper portion of the small intestine) to the spleen. It serves both digestive and endocrine functions. The pancreas aids in ...

Sherri Gordon, CLC is a certified professional life coach, author, and journalist covering health and wellness, social issues, parenting, and mental health. She also has a certificate of completion ...

"This work has widespread implications for regulating the function of the spleen, particularly the efficient regulation of the immune response for electroceutical treatment of range of diseases," said ...

Type 1 diabetes (T1D) impacts nearly two million Americans, and by the time most people learn they have it, most of the ...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 115, No. 38 (September 18, 2018), pp. 9574-9579 (6 pages) In red blood cell (RBC) diseases, the spleen contributes ...

Israel Institute of Technology Faculty of Biology have identified a unique mechanism involved in the aging of the immune system—along with a framework for enhancing its function in older individuals.

ASMD is a rare, debilitating lysosomal storage disease characterized by a deficiency of the enzyme acid sphingomyelinase, which results in the accumulation of sphingomyelin in various tissues of the ...