"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 ...

An international team of researchers, led by University of Houston Cullen Endowed Professor of biomedical engineering Mario Romero-Ortega, has progressed electroceutical research for treatment of ...

The spleen is a fragile organ that plays an important role in maintaining internal energy, good digestion and stable body weight. The spleen is a fragile organ that plays an important role in ...

Researchers have designed a microfluidic device, or 'spleen-on-a-chip,' that can model how the spleen's filters become clogged by sickled red blood cells, leading to a life-threatening condition known ...

You’re reaching for tissues again, canceling plans for the third time this winter, and wondering why you seem to catch every cold that makes its rounds through your office. You eat your veggies, try ...

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 ...