Scientists with the Human Cell Atlas (HCA), an international research consortium, have revealed that the human body contains an astonishing 36 to 37 trillion cells, each serving unique functions ...

We asked Mark Mattson, an American neuroscientist who has studied intermittent fasting for the last 25 years, about what goes inside our body when we are fasting.

Cells don’t just follow a rigid script when responding to stress – they’re far more adaptable than we thought. A new study ...

During infections, the immune system needs to distinguish foreign antigens that are expressed by invading bacteria and ...

This is a condition where cancer cells are found inside the ducts of the breast ... The glandular cells are found in different organs in your body. Adenocarcinomas can occur in different parts ...

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Alongside this research, other studies have shown that lifestyle choices can also help manage diabetes. Eating more whole ...

If the radioactive source is inside the body, perhaps after being swallowed or breathed in: alpha radiation is the most dangerous because it is highly ionizing and is easily absorbed by cells ...

Actors depict red and white blood cells in Hideki Takeuchi's laugh-out-loud movie about how the human body battles cancer and loose bowels 3/5 stars Pixar's Inside Out may have won an Academy ...

Wolfram and his team generated mutant mice that lacked this newly identified cell type. The engineered mice were unable to regulate their body temperature for the first eight hours following cold ...

Psilocybin is the well-known active ingredient in so-called magic mushrooms, which is converted in the body to psilocin ... its effect on human nerve cells that they had cultivated from stem ...

New research shows how a specially trained population of immune cells keeps the peace by preventing other immune cells from attacking their own. The study provides a better understanding of immune ...