Human mammary glands contain sugars that avian influenza can latch onto to infect cells, researchers report August 8 at medRxiv.org. The finding, which has not yet been peer-reviewed, raises the ...

Mammary glands are the organs that, in the female mammal, produce milk for the sustenance of the young. These exocrine glands are enlarged and modified sweat glands and are the characteristic of ...

We're all born with mammary glands—better known as breasts. These are made of glandular tissue, fat and the ligaments that ...

Mammary gland stem cells drive the development of the breast during puberty and pregnancy. The left panel shows a mammary gland duct that is normal (WT) or is missing the Dll1 gene (Dll1cKO). The ...

BPA effects seen in monkey mammary glands Date: May 7, 2012 Source: Washington State University Summary: A new study finds that fetal exposure to the plastic additive bisphenol A, or BPA, alters ...

The group led by Denis Duboule, a geneticist at UNIGE and EPFL, is interested in the mechanisms involved in the appearance of mammary glands. As the professor notes, 'We observed that certain ...

Cats have a row of mammary glands and nipples on their undersides, and mastitis can happen in one or many of the glands. The condition usually happens during nursing and after birth, but it’s ...