The membrane-bound organelle appears to play a huge role in helping cells sort, discard, and recycle their contents. It's ...

Even after decades of research, biologists are still uncovering surprises about the human body. A team of researchers from ...

Researchers have created an early map of some of the human body's estimated 37.2 trillion cells. Each type of cell has a unique role, and knowing what all the cells do can help scientists better ...

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

Scientists found that embryonic skin cells “whisper” through faint mechanical tugs, using the same force-sensing proteins ...

In a twist, researchers at the University of Virginia and the National Institutes of Health uncovered a new organelle, dubbed ...

Scientists say they captured 3D images of a new organelle they're calling a "hemifusome," which may be a recycling center in ...

An ambitious plan to map all 37 trillion cells in the human body is transforming understanding of how our bodies work, scientists report. The received wisdom said we were built from around 200 ...

Researchers with the global Human Cell Atlas (HCA) consortium report significant progress in their quest for a better understanding of the cells of the human body in health and disease, with the ...

Scientists Map Out the Human Body One Cell at a Time Researchers have created an early map of some of the human body's estimated 37.2 trillion cells. Each type of cell has a unique role, and ...

The current cell map not only charts the many types of human cells, but it also shows the relationships of cells to each other, said Dr. Timothy Chan, a cancer expert at the Cleveland Clinic.