However, until this year, the 'human parts list' was still incomplete. We often forget that every gene, every protein and every cell is composed of even smaller parts – namely metabolites.

Each of our bodies is a collective organism of living human cells and microbes working in cooperation to create what our minds view as “life.” However, a growing number of new studies have ...

“We assumed that other parts of the brain would be similar to the cortex, but the organization and the cell types present were actually very ... such as scaling up efforts to chart nonhuman primates ...

A Bengaluru startup in pursuit of the Holy Grail—printing an actual organ like a heart, liver, or kidney. Organ rejection ...

Fast-evolving DNA gives human neurons greater complexity than chimps, aiding cognition but also increasing disease risk. A ...

Now, US researchers have discovered that the epithelial cells that line our skin and organs are able to signal the same way to communicate peril. They just use a long, slow 'scream', rather than the ...

Scaling up biohybrid robots has been difficult due to the weak contractile force of lab-grown muscles, the risk of necrosis in thick muscle tissues, and the challenge of integrating biological ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) New subtypes of fat cells have been identified in human fat tissues, revealing more complex functions than previously known. Differences in intercellular ...

An artist's impression of collagen fibers and fibroblasts in human skin tissues ... configuration of stress fibers—the structural parts of cells that help them move and interact with their ...