The skeletal system consists of bones and joints, and functions to shape, support and protect the body and organs. It also works to produce blood cells and immune cells. Eating excess fatty food can ...

Correspondence to Dr David J Berkoff, Department of Orthopaedics and Emergency Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7055, USA; david_berkoff{at}med.unc.edu The use of point-of ...

Wichita State University's new online Skeletal Muscle as an Endocrine Organ badge course explores the growing body of research around skeletal muscle as an endocrine organ that releases metabolites ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The first year after systemic lupus erythematosus diagnosis brings the greatest risks for new organ damage.

Researchers investigating the metabolic changes across affected organs in a large animal model of sepsis say they have identified both potential common and organ-specific metabolic alterations ...

Exceptionally well preserved fossilized soft-tissue organs from Devonian-age placoderms reveal new insights into the early evolution of jawed vertebrates, according to a new study. The origin and ...