Saliva proteins change as women age
In a step toward using human saliva to tell whether those stiff joints, memory lapses, and other telltale signs of aging are normal or red flags for disease, scientists are describing how the protein content of women’s saliva change with advancing age.

Genetically Modified vs. Natural Human
For the past 80 or so years, patients who have been suffering from all forms of Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 or 2 have been able to treat their Diabetes with the use of insulin injections and supplementation.

COPD-Related Problems Hard to Swallow
Patients with moderate to severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exhibit a disordered breathing-swallowing pattern that may account for their higher risk of aspiration pneumonia

An introduction to Homeostasis
Homeostasis is defined as “the condition of equilibrium (balance) in the bodies internal environment due to the consistent interaction of the body’s main regulatory processes” ...

Regulation of the Bone Healing Process by Hormones
The skeleton has several important functions, such as structural functions that provide mobility, support, and protection for the body.

Induction of insulin secretion in engineered liver cells by nitric oxide
Liver cells can be engineered to produce insulin and insulin secretion can be induced by treatment with L-arginine via the production of nitric oxide.

Control of human trophoblast function
The mechanisms which regulate trophoblast differentiation, proliferation, migration and invasiveness, and the alterations in these mechanisms which lead to pathological conditions

Giving In To The Urge To Scratch: Researchers Find Not All Itches Created Equal
Different parts of brain activated by pollen and dust vs. histamine

New research identifies why men and women may differ in food choices
The physiological response of the vagus nerve can dictate taste and digestive reactions to food. A study suggests that gender is a major factor in how the nerve functions.

Can exercise before diving prevent decompression sickness?
Nowadays, scuba diving involves millions of people worldwide. Decompression sickness following diving is initiated by the formation of gas bubbles in tissue and blood.

Deciphering the limits to human maximal exercise performance
It has remained unknown during centuries what is the main factor limiting maximal exercise capacity in humans.

Can't serve an ace? Could be muscle fatigue
Fatigue could reduce skills and cause injuries and muscle weakness during sport because the brain does not consider the extra effort required for movement, Monash University researchers have found.

Transcytosis: Crossing Cellular Barriers
In this review, the authors summarize knowledge of the different cell types using transcytosis in vivo, the variety of cargo moved, and the diverse pathways for delivering that cargo.

Regulation of Wound Healing by Growth Factors and Cytokines
Cutaneous wound healing is a complex process involving blood clotting, inflammation, new tissue formation, and finally tissue remodeling.

Functions of Pulmonary Epithelial Integrins: From Development to Disease
Signals from integrins are now known to play critical roles in virtually every aspect of the behavior of epithelial cells, including survival, proliferation, maintenance of polarity, secretory differentiation, and malignant transformation.

New Research Suggests REM Is About Eyes Not Dreams
A Columbia University researcher is "stirring" up conventional views on the function of rapid eye movement(REM) sleep.

Whiplash injuries -- are they caused by startle reflexes?
New research published in The Journal of Physiology suggests that a cause of whiplash injuries could be startle reflexes elicited by unexpected loud sounds.

Researchers Discover Why Some Athletes' Performances Fail To Improve On A Live-High, Train-Low Regimen
Exercise physiology researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas have learned why certain athletes don't respond to the internationally accepted "live-high, train-low" paradigm.

Women with low body iron find exercise harder
Women with low body iron, yet who are not anemic, have a much harder time sustaining exercise and adapting to training

Estrogen receptor-{alpha} antisense decreases brain estrogen receptor levels and affects ventilation in male and female rats
Report Among the Highlighted Topics on Gender Differences in the October Edition of the Journal of Applied Physiology