Researchers are making room for scientists from 8 destroyed labs; their findings can potentially help repair nerve cells ...

Believe it or not, humans can live without plenty of body parts. Lungs, eyes, kidneys: turns out you don't need 'em! Well, ...

Every day, your body replaces billions of cells—and yet, your tissues stay perfectly organized. How is that possible?

For decades, above-the-knee amputees have had to live with stiff, uncomfortable prosthetics that felt more like rigid tools ...

Once dismissed as “junk,” a group of RNA molecules has been found to help regrow damaged nerves in mice in new research. The ...

Putting your weight into opening a door (say, with your shoulder) is easier than using your hands. Sliding heavy cardboard ...

A team has made a major breakthrough in the field of three-dimensional (3D) imaging of large-scale biological tissues. They ...

Nerves look blue in the reconstructed view of a genetically engineered mouse (left) whose neurons produce a fluorescent ...

A new skin-like sensor developed by an international team led by researchers at Penn State could help doctors monitor vital ...

The vagus nerve constantly sends updated sensory information about the state of the body's organs "upstream" to your brain via afferent nerves.

A fertilized egg somehow manages to build skin, brain, and blood cells within days. But how? New tech called LoxCode is helping us find out.

Cancer cells steal energy-generating parts from nerve cells to fuel their spread to distant sites, a discovery that could improve treatments against the deadliest tumours.