While the human brain works to protect itself during physical trauma, certain extreme conditions cause an unbearable level of ...

Researchers studying tattoo ink accidentally stumbled upon evidence of a vast microscopic fluid network inside the human body that some scientists now believe could reshape medicine itself.

Researchers preparing to scan a human heart from a donor. (ESRF/Stef Candé) A pioneering project has revealed the human body like never before, from entire organs down to cellular structures, with ...

Cambridge researchers created miniature brain-and-spinal-cord systems in the lab that can send signals and even trigger tiny ...

We look into the body’s circulatory systems. By Sam Sifton I’m the host of The Morning. We’ve long known about two systems in the human body that circulate fluids. A physician in Italy observed the ...

Sad sack or serious salvation? A small group of scientists is angling to replace laboratory animals with living “organ sacks” grown from human cells. R3 Bio, a billionaire-backed biotech startup, is ...

Over one billion people worldwide are over 60, and the population is projected to more than double by 2050. But as more people live into their 60s, 70s, and 80s, health care systems across the globe ...