Damaged cells produce molecules that trigger inflammation and stimulate the innate or adaptive immune response. These damage-associated molecular patterns, or DAMPs, may be released in response to ...

Telomerase recruitment to telomeres is a tightly regulated process which is stimulated by replication stress. Here, the authors identify that nuclear filamentous actin is important for interaction ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Eric's career includes extensive work in both public and corporate accounting with ...

There's a difference between a slow leak and a burst pipe Phynart Studio / Getty Images Homeowners insurance usually covers sudden and accidental water damage from broken pipes. Gradual damage from ...

Fatty liver is also known as hepatic steatosis. It happens when fat builds up in the liver. Having small amounts of fat in your liver is expected, but too much can become a health problem. In most ...

Susan Bard, MD, is a board-certified general and procedural dermatologist with the American Board of Dermatology and a Fellow of the American College of Mohs Surgery. Signs of photoaging include age ...

The Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage promotes the implementation of approaches to address loss and damage associated with climate change impacts, in a comprehensive, integrated and ...

Brain cells begin to die in less than five minutes without oxygen. CPR must start within two minutes when cardiac arrest happens. After nine minutes without oxygen, there is likely severe brain damage ...

Small amounts of alcohol can temporarily damage the liver, but the liver often repairs itself. Long-term heavy alcohol use can lead to permanent liver damage, such as cirrhosis, which is usually ...