An ambitious project launched in 2016 has made a dent in one of biology’s greatest challenges — with more than 3,600 researchers profiling more than 100 million cells.

Bouts of Aging A study showed that people experience dramatic aging shifts in their mid-40s and 60s. Researchers found that levels of many molecules and microbes in the human body—all of which ...

Biologists long treated male anatomy as the standard via which to understand human development, overlooking the female body entirely. By David P. Barash Dec. 1, 2023 11:47 am ET Share ...

Agroundbreaking discovery in the realm of ancient medicine has emerged from a 2,200-year-old tomb in southern China. Researchers uncovered a Chinese text on silk that could very well be the world ...

Scientists published more than three dozen papers as part of the Human Cell Atlas, an effort to map the human body cell by cell. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

A new analysis of more than 1,500 papers and 60 types of tissue has revealed the total number of cells in the human body. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Building on the work of French doctors that showed inflamed parts of the body have a higher temperature than the rest, and that the average human body temperature was 36.9°C (98.5°F), he set out ...