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For decades it was considered a secondary, expendable filter, but it holds a massive reservoir of monocytes ready to rescue vital tissues.
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The neural circuit discovered by Kevin Tracey that shows how the brain silences immune storms through the spleen in milliseconds.
Biology
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The Bajau people developed organs 50% larger to hunt at depths over seventy meters on a single breath
Health and wellness
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Far from being an expendable organ, it houses a tactical reserve of millions of cells ready to deploy in a vascular crisis.
Health and wellness
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Discovered at the beginning of the 21st century, this neuroimmune circuit shows how the nervous system silences hyperactive defenses in a matter of minutes.
Health and wellness
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Discover the hidden mechanism by which the human body performs an instant autotransfusion of red blood cells when it detects a lack of air or intense exercise.
Health and wellness
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Biomedical discoveries reveal that the nervous system can shut down out-of-control immune responses through bioelectric impulses.