New research has identified yet another way that spaceflight tampers with the human body. A study involving samples flown on four SpaceX resupply missions to the International Space Station has reveal ...

Spaceflight makes certain human stem cells age faster, a study finds, furthering the understanding of the possible effects of ...

A new study suggests that a group of cells, key for the health of blood and the immune system, are vulnerable to aging-like ...

Aging seems to occur in a linear fashion throughout the human lifespan, from childhood to the "golden years," but a new study has revealed one specific turning point when aging starts to accelerate 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 types ...

Share on Pinterest The human body experiences rapid changes around age 50, according to a new study. Maskot/Getty Images Past studies show that human aging doesn’t necessarily happen at the same pace ...

A genetic mutation commonly found in cancer patients may also affect how the human body develops in the womb, according to new research from the University of Dundee.

Here’s how it works. The mitochondria in human egg cells may somehow be protected from accumulating DNA mutations. (Image credit: Red_Hayabusa/Getty Images) A new study suggests that human egg cells ...