Atlas of cells transforms understanding of human body
An ambitious plan to map all 37 trillion cells in the human body is transforming understanding of how our bodies work, ...
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Scientists take huge step forward in making atlas of all 37 trillion cells in the human body
Scientists published more than three dozen papers as part of the Human Cell Atlas, an effort to map the human body cell by ...
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Like brain cells, kidney cells can ‘remember’
Kidney cells can make memories too. At least, in a metaphorical sense. Neurons have historically been the cell most associated with memory. But far outside the brain, kidney cells can also store ...
Scientists map out the human body one cell at a time
Researchers have created an early map of some of the human body’s estimated 37.2 trillion cells. Each type of cell has a ...
Scientists Create First Draft of Human 'Cell Atlas' for Disease Research
New advances allow scientists to study DNA, RNA, and gene activity in individual cells rather than in bulk tissue samples.
‘DNA Typewriters’ Can Record a Cell’s History
Labs around the world are trying to turn cells into autobiographers, tracking their own development from embryos to adults.
From head to tail: How cells can behave autonomously during early development
We all start our lives as symmetric balls of cells. In humans, during the first few weeks after fertilization, embryonic ...
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Adult and embryonic stem cells
We're all very complex organisms, made up of lots of different types of cells carrying out different jobs in our bodies; such as nerve cells, blood cells, fat cells and muscle cells. So ...