Abstract: It has been shown that brain-like self-repair can arise from the interactions between neurons and astrocytes where endocannabinoids are synthesized and released from active neurons. This ...

cKing's College London, British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence, School of Cardiovascular Medicine & Sciences, SE5 9NU London, United Kingdom COVID-19 is a deadly pulmonary disease with ...

Cardiovascular complications are rapidly emerging as a key threat in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in addition to respiratory disease. The mechanisms underlying the disproportionate effect of ...

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is characterized by fever, fatigue, dry cough, dyspnea, mild pneumonia and acute lung injury (ALI), which can lead to acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), ...

Bronchial epithelia are the primary target for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections. Here, we reconstituted bronchial epithelia from adult and child donors and show ...

In animals and plants, multinucleate cells (syncytia and coenocytes) are essential in ontogeny and reproduction. Fuso-morphogenesis is the formation of multinucleated syncytia by cell-cell fusion, but ...

A team of researchers has uncovered a previously unknown compensatory mechanism found in liver disease. If Kupffer cells (KCs), a specific kind of immune cells found in the liver, become impaired by ...

Researchers discovered a compensatory mechanism in liver disease. When Kupffer cells are impaired, bone marrow-derived immune cells form syncytia to preserve microbial filtration, offering potential ...

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MINNEAPOLIS --Medical experts are warning of a triple-demic this winter – influenza, COVID-19 and RSV. According to the Minnesota Department of Health, there's been a big spike in RSV hospitalizations ...