Scientists at Linköping University have created a highly compact artificial neuron from conductive plastics that replicates ...

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 types ...

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The team used human stem cells to create embryo-like structures dubbed “hematoids” that mirror some features of early human ...

A team of researchers in Japan has pinpointed how cancer cells spread throughout the body, a finding that could lead to the development of a new treatment medicine. The scientists, primarily from ...

A new study from The University of Texas at Arlington has revealed how cells control their mitochondria—the "energy producers ...

Your nervous system contains millions of nerve cells, called neurons. Neurons are highly specialised to transmit messages from one part of your body to another. All neurons have a cell body and one or ...

Schmidtea mediterranea, a freshwater flatworm (or planarian), has adult pluripotent stem cells spread all throughout its ...