Most people who lose weight through dieting will see it creep back up, leading to a cycle of "yo-yo dieting" that's hard on ...

It is hoped that charting the types and properties of all human cells will help experts to better treat diseases such as ...

A new ion superhighway modeled after human cells could speed our batteries way up. Digging out a nanochannel for charged ions ...

When Herman Pontzer began studying the metabolisms of the Hadza, a tribe of modern hunter-gatherers in Tanzania, for a 2012 ...

Over time, technological advances made it easier to study the microbiota, and in 1977, the famous ratio of one human cell for ...

A new rule from the Biden administration allows organ transplants from HIV-positive donors to HIV-positive recipients.

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

In a ground-breaking new development, researchers have created conductive films by mixing conductive polymers with ...

Labs around the world are trying to turn cells into autobiographers, tracking their own development from embryos to adults.

New research shows aging is not a uniform process. Parts of our bodies start aging earlier than others, right down to our organs and cells.

Eight years on from the formation of the Human Cell Atlas (HCA) consortium, which set out with the hugely ambitious task of ...

Researchers discovered that severe COVID infection causes the body to produce a special type of monocyte with anti-cancer ...