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

In a study published in Nature, a global team of researchers developed a new technology called pathology-oriented ...

Hormones coordinate different body functions by carrying messages through the bloodstream to target cells and tissues. Hormonal imbalances occur through inadequate or excess hormone synthesis, which ...

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.

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

A high-resolution spatial map of the human hypothalamus makes it possible to identify specific cells, determine their exact location and analyze their neighboring cells. The cell atlas, called ...

Hidden within our bones, marrow sustains life by producing billions of blood cells daily, from oxygen-carrying red cells to immune-boosting white cells. This vital function is often disrupted in ...