A new study from WashU Medicine identifies a previously unknown way that cells purge waste in a process that helps them revert to a stem cell-like state to promote healing after injury. Here, three ...

The researchers identified cathartocytosis within an important regenerative injury response called paligenosis, which was first described in 2018 by the current study’s senior author, Jason C. Mills, ...

Vomiting represents one of the body’s most powerful defensive mechanisms – a forceful ejection of stomach contents designed to rid the system of potential toxins. This protective response commonly ...

The urge to vomit after eating contaminated food is the body’s natural defensive response to get rid of bacterial toxins. However, the process of how our brain initiates this biological reaction upon ...