Scientists found that embryonic skin cells “whisper” through faint mechanical tugs, using the same force-sensing proteins ...

Scientists say they captured 3D images of a new organelle they're calling a "hemifusome," which may be a recycling center in ...

We know that some animals are bilaterian—meaning they display bilateral symmetry—while others are not, but nature is rarely ...

The human body comprises about 30 trillion to 40 trillion cells, but your intestines contain about 100 trillion gut bacteria.

But there's a problem, and a big one at that: The body naturally wants to reject any tissue it knows it didn't manufacture.

A map showing the development of somatic cell mutations in the human body has been released. A research team led by Professor ...

The delicate balance between cell death and regeneration is crucial for human health and longevity. Most mechanisms involved ...

Even after decades of research, biologists are still uncovering surprises about the human body. A team of researchers from ...

Chronic inflammation occurs when the immune system is stuck in attack-mode, sending cell after cell to defend and repair the ...

The human body is a machine whose many parts—from the microscopic details of our cells to our limbs, eyes, liver and ...

Fred Hutch researchers have created a gene-expression map of glial cells of the tiny worm, C. elegans, adding the missing ...

A newly found organelle, the hemifusome, helps manage cellular recycling. It may play a role in inherited diseases and open ...