Your anatomy operates like a machine, it's success hinging on the work of over 70 organs, each with a unique function. From the heart's blood-pumping ability to the liver's filtering power, each ...

AN ADULT HUMAN body consists of some 37trn cells. Not so long ago, these were thought to come in 220 different types. That number, the product of painstaking decades spent peering through microscopes ...

An adult human body is thought to consist of more than 37trn cells, of more than 5,000 distinct types. Surprisingly little is known about some of these fundamental biological building blocks. Through ...

20 years of research finds evidence of vascular-associated, naturally pluripotent stem cells in the adult body (vaPS cells) with encouraging potential for regenerative medicine HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE ...

Everyone has bones, but not everyone understands the importance of changes in what’s going on inside their bodies. Walking, sleeping and having secure organs are all possible with the help of our ...

Medical students at Oregon Health and Science University think they found during an anatomy class the longest-lived person with transposed organs. Rose Marie Bentley lived 99 years without knowing her ...