The human body is a veritable cellular highway with up to 37 trillion cells traveling about and carrying out all essential ...

Think learning and memory are all the job of the brain? You might want to think again, if the results of a recent study are ...

A Falmouth teen, Jayden Wilsey, is the first to receive gene therapy to treat sickle cell at Boston Children's Hospital.

Life runs on information. In living systems, that information takes two main forms: the genome and the epigenome.

Discover the largest organ in the human body and how it plays a vital role in your health. Explore fascinating facts about ...

Numerous insects, including mites, lice, fleas, ticks, and bed bugs, can inhabit or visit the human body. These creatures ...

Pinpointing the precise culprits behind harmful biological processes—such as excessive scarring (fibrosis) in organs like the ...

The U.S. health secretary said people should have access to experimental therapies including unregulated uses of stem cells.

Australian researchers have found a way to force the HIV virus out of hiding within cells, opening the way to eradicate the virus from the body.

Researchers discovered that when Covid-19 infects a human cell, it sets off a ghoulish ... These sick zombie cells appear to be using those streaming strands to reach their healthy neighbours.

In the world of microorganisms, microbes compete for turf, spew chemicals at foes, and sometimes exploit the microscopic ...