Figure 1: Expression of Gdf11 in mouse embryos. Figure 2: Construction of Gdf11 –/– mice by homologous targeting.

Thyroid nodules are growths in the thyroid gland, a small organ in your neck located in front of your windpipe (trachea). The thyroid gland produces thyroid hormone, which regulates many of your ...

Thyroid nodules are solid or fluid-filled lumps or bumps. They're found on your thyroid, a small gland in your neck. This gland makes thyroid hormone, which affects your metabolism (the ...

The thyroid gland is part of the endocrine system (along with the adrenal glands, hypothalamus, pituitary, ovaries, and testes, and other endocrine organs). The thyroid gland releases hormones into ...

The thymus gland is a soft organ that is large in babies but begins to shrink after puberty. Once you reach adulthood, your thymus gland becomes relatively small. Your thymus is a fully develope ...

The popliteal artery give off the anterior tibial artery, and then becomes the tibial peroneal trunk. This then splits into the peroneal artery and the posterior tibial artery. Then, the PTA ...

There's a small fatty gland that sits behind your sternum and is often said to be 'useless' in adulthood. A retrospective study, however, suggests the thymus gland is not nearly as expendable as ...

2005; Tan and Barker, 2014). Furthermore, communication is known to take place in a bidirectional manner (Doupé et al., 2018; Tata and Rajagopal, 2016). The anterior pituitary (AP) is a major primary ...

What is a Rathke cleft cyst? A Rathke cleft cyst (RCC) is a noncancer (benign) fluid-filled growth that develops between the parts of the pituitary gland at the base of the brain. It's a congenital ...