"This discovery shows that the body has a built-in backup plan. GLP-1 is simply a much more powerful signal for beta cells ...

Established in 2016, the Human Cell Atlas (HCA) consortium set out to create a comprehensive biological map of cells within the human body. Now progressing into a data integration phase, the HCA is ...

Scientists have mapped underappreciated scaffolding cells in skin, known as fibroblasts. They show for the first time how ...

Researchers build anthrobots from human airway cells that self-assemble, move, self-heal, and reverse aging markers, offering insights into synthetic life systems.

Spaceflight makes certain human stem cells age faster, a study finds, furthering the understanding of the possible effects of ...

A comprehensive atlas of the human hypothalamus, a brain region that regulates many bodily functions, including temperature, sleep and appetite, has been built using single-cell RNA sequencing and ...

The rigors of space travel could accelerate changes in the human body usually associated with aging. According to a new study ...

New research has identified yet another way that spaceflight tampers with the human body. A study involving samples flown on ...