An adult human body consists of some 37 trillion cells. Not so long ago, these were thought to come in 220 different types.

Your body is a collection of cells carrying thousands of genetic mistakes accrued over a lifetime—many harmless, some bad and ...

Inflammation is triggered by the immune system and is part of the body's natural response to injuries or disease. However, ...

Scientists reveal how filopodia help cancer spread. The breakthrough could improve treatments that stop cancer cells from ...

All cells, even kidney cells, retain surprisingly detailed memories. How does this affect our everyday life? We will soon ...

Step into any supermarket or pharmacy, and you'll find aisles brimming with products designed to make you smell "fresh," feel "clean," or somehow achieve a level of "purity" that no human body ...

With the recent surge in popularity of weight loss drugs like Ozempic, altogether called GLP-1s, there has been renewed scientific interest in understanding how our bodies regulate muscle growth.

A team has unearthed new findings about what happens during the minutes and hours after a cell divides, expanding our understanding of human biology -- and potentially leading to better medicines.

A couple of University of Nebraska professors have launched a startup company with the goal of bringing to market an ...

About one in eight adults in the United States has tried or currently uses a GLP-1 medication, and a quarter of those users cite weight loss as their main goal.

Mice injected with a microRNA molecule lived longer and had fewer markers of ageing, but it’s not yet known if the treatment ...

Pathogen-fighting immune cells called tissue-resident memory CD8 T cells (TRM cells) go through a surprising transformation—and relocation—as they fight infections in the small intestine.