For the first time, clumps of human cells called organoids were fully integrated with the brains of rats—and influenced their ...

Using single-cell epigenomic profiling of immune cells from 110 individuals, researchers show that genetic variation and ...

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

The human body has always been crowded with microscopic passengers, from bacteria to viruses and fungi. Over the past two ...

An initiative partly funded by the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute in the UK has moved further towards its goal of producing a 'human cell atlas' (HCA) to map every cell type in the human body.

Creating human eggs from adult cells just got one step closer to reality. A technique used in cloning combined with fertilization and a bit of chemical coaxing caused human skin cells to produce eggs ...

Stem cells age faster and become functionally exhausted in low Earth orbit, making crewed long-duration space travel even more challenging. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

A human female is born with all the egg cells she will ever have. The possibility for the development of new oocytes is zero. Given this constraint, it is crucial that these gametes remain healthy and ...