Scientists found a virus-like living entity in human bodies named "obelisks" - small loops of RNA, each a thousand genetic ...

Eight years on from the formation of the Human Cell Atlas (HCA) consortium, which set out with the hugely ambitious task of mapping the entire human body – around 37.2 trillion cells – scientists ...

Even the most elite endurance athletes can’t outrun biology. A new study finds that humans hit a metabolic ceiling at about 2.5 times their resting energy burn. When ultra-runners take on races that ...

Plenty of useful facts are taught in biology classes − from the nutrients necessary for the human body to the mechanisms that ...

It wasn’t a typical anatomy lab. The small group of people gathered around a table at Southwest Minnesota State University ...

Given a surgeon's training and their MANY years of school, it goes without saying that they have much more in-depth knowledge about the human body than the average ...

Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) have developed a remarkable new way for making human body cells ...

Rats and their fleas take the rap for spreading the plague, but lice that infest people may share the blame. Human body lice can harbor plague-causing bacteria and can transmit the disease by biting, ...