Our plastics are rubbing off on us. Endocrine-disrupting compounds called phthalates, used to make polymer resins softer and more flexible, leach from many plastics and cosmetic products. The ...

Beyond enabling movement, muscle tissue acts as a critical endocrine organ that secretes various factors, known as myokines, therefore influencing systemic metabolic balance. in a recent study ...

The intricate link between endocrine disorders and cancer development has drawn significant interest, revealing how ...

A paracrine hormone of skeletal muscle acts as an endocrine signal for the synthesis of a sex hormone. Scientists at McGill University have observed in mice how myostatin, which inhibits the ...

Though it has long been recognized that the liver exhibits remarkable immune tolerance, the underlying mechanisms driving ...