"I've always liked to think of myself as a brain floating through space...[but] our physical condition constrains and expands ...

An ambitious project launched in 2016 has made a dent in one of biology’s greatest challenges — with more than 3,600 ...

A three-decade series of coincidences will likely help doctors treat narcolepsy — and possibly prevent opioid addiction — and ...

Scientists published more than three dozen papers as part of the Human Cell Atlas, an effort to map the human body cell by ...

Scientists focused on certain organs — plotting the jobs of cells in the mouth, stomach and intestines, as well as cells that ...

The goal is to create a device that can both generate and store energy, acting like a built-in power bank for wearable tech.

Scientists unveiled on Wednesday the first blueprint of human skeletal development as they make progress toward the goal of ...

Scientists with the Human Cell Atlas have profiled 100 million cells from over 10,000 people worldwide, aiming to map the ...

Though the cell map is still in its early days, it is already giving scientists a lot of valuable information. It could ...

The most comprehensive map of the developing human thymus sheds light on how immune responses are built and maintained at early life, with implications for understanding and treating immunodeficiency, ...

They provide essential tools and examples of how cell atlases can be built at large scale. Taken together, these studies ...

Scientists are creating what's being called a Human Cell Atlas, which could transform our understanding of the human body.