In a recent study, scientists devised a way of reversing the buildup of compounds that lead to some age-related diseases.

Every cell in the human body carries the same 3 billion letters of DNA, yet a neuron, a heart muscle cell and a pancreatic beta cell each use that shared code to do entirely different jobs. How cells ...

Immune cells protect and heal the human body. In medicine, they are specifically activated through biochemical reactions to treat certain diseases. Researchers at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, ETH ...

The human body has an incredible ability to repair itself. From your skin to your liver, several organs and tissues are ...

Every day, your body replaces billions of cells—and yet, your tissues stay perfectly organized. How is that possible? A team of researchers at ChristianaCare's Helen F. Graham Cancer Center & Research ...

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 ...

Mount Sinai researchers have published the first organ-wide human skin spatial atlas from across the body. It provides an unprecedentedly detailed view of healthy human skin, revealing cellular ...

We may age at different rates, but none of us escapes aging. A study in mice and human cells by Stanford Medicine researchers ...

Every person walking the planet carries roughly 37 trillion cells, and nearly every one of those cells holds an identical copy of that individual’s DNA. That number, once loosely pegged at 10 trillion ...

A study of identical twins uncovered an immune receptor that may influence how the body stores fat and responds to obesity.