Scientists in Austria are studying live human brain cells and comparing them to those of mice. Their findings raise questions ...

Biochemist Svetlana Mojsov, honored for GLP-1 research that has transformed metabolic disease care, says she’s grateful to ...

The authors highlight key gut-on-a-chip devices and their success in simulating microbial and human cellular biology. They also describe current disease models and drug studies using the technology.

Researchers have created over 400 distinct types of human nerve cells in vitro, vastly expanding the diversity available for ...

Gain-of-function experiments are ingrained in the scientific process. In many instances, the benefits that stem from gain-of-function experiments are not immediately clear. Only decades later does the ...

Four teams have coaxed human stem cells to organize themselves into embryo-like forms. The advance could shed light on fertility. By Carl Zimmer In its first week, a fertilized human egg develops ...

As the quest to extend human lifespan gains momentum, a select group of scientists is pioneering efforts to reverse the aging process. Inside state-of-the-art laboratories, researchers are ...

“The definition of the human embryo is far from being engrained, it’s constantly evolving with scientific advances,” said Nicolas Rivron, a developmental biologist at the Institute of ...

What most people refer to as the “bone lab” is a physical anthropology lab that contains 80 to 90 real human remains, according to a written statement Ralph Holloway sent to The Eye.Holloway, a ...

Each year, students with a passion to learn more about the human body can join the advanced human anatomy dissection team. The members of the dissection team meet each Friday to dissect human cadavers ...