A team of researchers from APL and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health is developing next-generation brain organoid platforms to better understand the effects of mild blast-induced ...

Researchers have long focused on the STING (Stimulator of Interferon Genes) pathway as a way to harness the immune system's ...

A Frankenstein's lab for growing 'spare' human bodies sounds like something ripped straight from an episode of Black Mirror. But scientists really want to make this gruesome concept a reality.

Nurses, no matter what department or specialty they are in, can be expected to deal with highly complex cases and perform skilled procedures at the bedside. They assess symptoms, report complications ...

On December 6, 2024, the 9th Human Physiology Workshop (HPW) took place at the aerospace medicine research facility :envihab in Cologne. Almost 100 young scientists of 30 different nationalities took ...

New technology points to unexpected uses for snoRNA Date: November 22, 2024 Source: University of Chicago Summary: Researchers recently developed a new approach for identifying new cellular RNA ...

In a collection of research articles and related content, the Human Cell Atlas consortium presents tools, data and ideas towards the generation of their first draft atlas of cells in the human body.

Elizabethtown College has opened a new anatomy and physiology classroom and laboratory. The new space is located in the Lyet Wing of the Masters Center for Science, Mathematics and Engineering ...

In one major development, scientists discovered that immune cells played a critical role in the formation of blood vessels in the skin, and then were able to mimic the relevant instructions in a lab.

Human blood stem cells have been made in a laboratory for the first time, which could significantly improve how we treat certain types of cancer. The lab-grown cells have so far only been tested ...

When our body is attacked by a pathogen, the pathogen has to find ways to evade our immune system and invade our cells to cause infection and illness. Reporting in Cell, researchers have now ...

Human mini-livers pave the way for made-to-order organ transplants Scientists created fully-functional mini livers out of human skin cells, then successfully transplanted them into rats.