Graves’ disease is the most common cause of hyperthyroidism, which refers to an overactive thyroid. The disease has a strong genetic component, and having a family member with Graves’ disease ...
In an interview with Ophthalmology Times, Alon Kahana, MD, PhD, discusses interleukin-6 and its role in autoimmune diseases, particularly thyroid eye disease, noting that a promising alternative under ...
The thyroid gland is a butterfly-shaped endocrine organ in the front of the neck that regulates the metabolic rate of our body and generates heat and energy ...
Illustrating the Progression of Thyroid Eye Disease Thyroid Eye Disease often causes quality-of-life changes for patients. Endocrinologist Malini Gupta, MD, demonstrates the structural changes of ...
Computational biologists have uncovered how RNA splicing -- a crucial process for isoform expression and protein diversity -- is regulated across different cell types in the peripheral blood. This ...