A high-resolution spatial map of the human hypothalamus makes it possible to identify specific cells, determine their exact ...

The FDA recently approved a bioengineered blood vessel, which becomes part of a patient’s body over time. It’s designed to ...

One reason that tonsils may grow back is that one of the operations to remove them is a partial tonsillectomy. Only removing ...

Your body is a collection of cells carrying thousands of genetic mistakes accrued over a lifetime—many harmless, some bad and at least a few that may be good for you ...

Scientists with DARPA are trying to find ways to biohack human cells to create soldiers that can withstand disease better.

Actors depict red and white blood cells in Hideki Takeuchi's laugh-out-loud movie about how the human body battles cancer and ...

Human brains today contain 50% more plastic than in 2016, a new study found. Brain of people diagnosed with dementia had the ...

Antibiotics are a double-edged sword—they should be as toxic as possible to pathogenic bacteria while being harmless to the cells of the human body. An international research team led by the ...

A group of Penn scientists has developed a new method to remotely control engineered cells inside the human body using heat.

Cells are dynamic, fast-changing, complex, tiny, and often hard-to-see in environments that don't always behave in predictable ways when exposed to external stimuli. Now, researchers have found new ...

Once inside human cells, HIV integrates the viral genome into that of the human host. Ultimately, the virus uses our body's machinery to produce copies of itself and spread infection. The HIV-1 ...