Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2026(nobelprize.org)
6 points by marc__1 | 2 comments
The official Nobel Prize website's landing page for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
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Why is the liver so weirdly regenerative?(dynomight.substack.com)
543 points by jbotz | 277 comments
A Dynomight newsletter essay asking why the human liver is so regenerative compared with the rest of the body.
Why is the human body so crap except for the liver?(dynomight.net)
9 points by surprisetalk | 0 comments
A Dynomight blog essay asking why many parts of the human body seem poorly designed while the liver is remarkably robust and regenerative.
Finnish sauna heat exposure induces stronger immune cell than cytokine responses(tandfonline.com)
339 points by Growtika | 221 comments
Journal article in Temperature (Taylor & Francis) studying acute effects of Finnish sauna bathing on immune cell mobilization and circulating cytokines in 51 adults.
In the gut's 'second brain,' key agents of health emerge(quantamagazine.org)
333 points by yamrzou | 185 comments
Quanta Magazine article on enteric glial cells in the gut's nervous system and their emerging roles in digestion and disease.