In research institutions, biomedical engineers supervise laboratories and equipment, and participate in or direct research activities in collaboration with other researchers with such backgrounds as medicine, physiology, and nursing.n research institutions, biomedical engineers supervise laboratories and equipment, and participate in or direct research activities in collaboration with other researchers with such backgrounds as medicine, physiology, and nursing.
Melatonin is released in the dark, during sleep. The pineal gland has been implicated in a number of disorders including cancer, sexual dysfunction, hypertension, epilepsy, Pagetâs diseaseâ¦ The pineal gland calcifies with age and melatonin production correspondingly decreases.
The pineal gland is one of the most important organs in the body, playing a large role together with the pituitary gland, in regulating the aging processes of the body. It grows rapidly from birth, and is at its largest in children, but shrinks after adulthood is reached.