In many cells of the human body, hair-like protrusions known as cilia act as antennae, allowing cells to receive signals from ...

The microbiome—the trillions of bacteria, viruses, and fungi that live quietly in our body—plays a crucial role in shaping human health by providing a variety of micronutrients necessary for vital ...

A team of scientists has mapped the regions surrounding stem cells in planarians—small flatworms that are famous for being ...

H9N2 avian flu gains human infectivity, raises pandemic warning H9N2 shows mutations improving binding to human respiratory ...

Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) have developed a remarkable new way for making human body cells ...

Research groups around the world are working to find ways to implant or grow real biological teeth in a human jaw.

Scientists at the University of Cambridge have developed a new stem cell-based model that produces human blood cells in the ...

Broadcast Retirement Network's Jeffrey Snyder discusses whether cell phones cause brain cancer with Medical University of ...

The New York Stem Cell Foundation, a $23-million-a-year biomedical nonprofit, was acquired by the Jackson Laboratory as part ...

An experimental compound reduced the cell death, inflammation, and organ damage seen with diabetes.