Some parts of our bodies bounce back from injury in fairly short order. The outer protective layer of the eye—called the ...

Researchers at the University of California San Diego (UCSD) have found that two of the most frequently administered stem cell therapies, which are often used interchangeably, actually contain ...

Nerve cells are not just nerve cells. Depending on how finely we distinguish, there are several hundred to several thousand different types of nerve cell in the human brain according to the latest ...

A new kind of microscope is giving scientists a way to watch life inside cells with a clarity that feels almost unfair.

The human sense of touch is a complex system that integrates diverse sensations such as pain, temperature, and pleasant ...

“Expression tells us what cells do, but regulatory DNA tells us where they come from, how they develop, and which germ layer ...