Uniting our strengths in cell biology, molecular biology, physiology, and pathology, producing a genuinely translational approach to medicine. The Division of Digestive Diseases aims to change ...

Metabolism is the process by which your body turns food into energy through chemical reactions in your cells. Your metabolic rate is a measurement of how many calories (units of energy) your body ...

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Vampire bats have become such specialized bloodsuckers that they metabolize their food more like some blood-feeding flies than like other known mammals, a new experiment shows. The common vampire ...

While many of us might be familiar with iodine’s association with our thyroid, it might surprise you to know that this essential mineral also has an effect on the female hormone oestrogen.