Mount Sinai researchers have published the first organ-wide human skin spatial atlas from across the body. It provides an ...

From whale hearts to giraffe tongues, explore how huge and tiny animal body parts really are, using everyday objects as your ...

Animals come in an extraordinary range of body shapes. A starfish looks nothing like an earthworm, a mouse, or a human. Yet ...

Discover how CRISPR genome editing is revolutionizing medicine. Learn the science of Cas9, current clinical trials, and the ...

The most common side effects of mRNA vaccines like the COVID-19 shot are well known: soreness, mild fever, and general ...

Around 200 million animals are used in lab research around the world each year. Organoids may one day replace them.

For decades, lab-grown cells have been studied in materials that don't reflect the softness and flexibility of human tissue.Researchers at the ...

Scientists offer new insight into how the body detects light touch and how disruptions in that process may contribute to sensory disorders.

A new light-controlled hydrogel developed at CU Boulder mimics the movement and flexibility of real tissue, giving scientists ...

Researchers in Sweden have engineered a cell-free cartilage scaffold that can guide the body to rebuild damaged bone. By removing the cells but preserving the structure and natural growth signals, the ...

Professor Bo Liu, Department of Plant Biology, holds an Arabidopsis plant while Professor Jawdat Al-Bassam, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, holds a model of the augmin protein complex.

Every pregnancy depends on an organ that most people will never see. As organs go, the placenta — the tissue that surrounds a developing fetus — is a jack of all trades. It can filter toxins like a ...