Scientists published more than three dozen papers as part of the Human Cell Atlas, an effort to map the human body cell by cell.

For all of human history, death has been viewed as a final cessation of life in an organism, but new research is offering ...

That means that some cells in the human body regenerate themselves much more quickly than others – and an average figure doesn’t provide that detail.

Miniature models of the brain have revealed a "previously unappreciated" role of microglia, a type of cell found within the ...

Researchers have created an early map of some of the human body's estimated 37.2 trillion cells. Each type of cell has a unique role, and knowing what all the cells do can help scientists better ...