There are hundreds of cell types in the human body, each with a specific role spelled out in their DNA. In theory, all it ...

Researchers have created an early map of some of the human body's estimated 37.2 trillion cells. Each type of cell has a unique role, and knowing what all the cells do can help scientists better ...

Scientists mapping the human body at the cellular level keep running into the same surprise: beneath the apparent chaos of ...

The human body contains around 36 trillion to 37 trillion cells, and researchers are mapping out where every one of those cells lives. Scientists with the Human Cell Atlas (HCA), an international ...

When a T cell encounters a cell carrying pieces of a virus or bacteria, the two form a tight contact point known as an immune ...

Share on Pinterest Do all our cells have a type of memory, and if so, how might this influence health? We investigate. Design by MNT; Photography by Grant Faint/Getty Images & Ed Reschke/Getty Images.

Scientists are exploring ways to mimic the origins of human life without two fundamental components: sperm and egg. They are coaxing clusters of stem cells – programmable cells that can transform into ...

Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) have developed a remarkable new way for making human body cells behave like egg cells—a technique that could change the course of the future of ...

Exclusive: The discovery shows the particles can travel around the body and may lodge in organs ...