The human body is an extraordinary feat of biological engineering. Every heartbeat, every breath, ...

Immune cells protect and heal the human body. In medicine, they are specifically activated through biochemical reactions to ...

The single-cell "atlases" that are increasingly used to map the human body and as training data for artificial intelligence ...

Researchers with the global Human Cell Atlas (HCA) consortium report significant progress in their quest for a better understanding of the cells of the human body in health and disease, with 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 ...

New research led by scientists at La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) and the University of Liverpool (UOL) provides the ...

We’re just beginning to decode this faint optical “signature of life” and what it could reveal about health, disease, and the future of medicine.

Scientists found that embryonic skin cells “whisper” through faint mechanical tugs, using the same force-sensing proteins that make our ears ultrasensitive. By syncing these micro-movements, the cells ...

Share on Pinterest Do all our cells have a type of memory, and if so, how might this influence health? We investigate. Design by MNT; Photography by Grant Faint/Getty Images & Ed Reschke/Getty Images.

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