The Human Cell Atlas aims to be a reference map to the trillions of cells in the human body, helping scientists diagnose and treat diseases ...

A study published in PNAS provides a comprehensive look at the relationship between cell size and count across the human body, drawing from over 1,500 sources and identifying around 400 unique ...

The human body is made up of 100 trillion cells and a team of scientists are now planning on cataloguing and imaging each of these cells in the body and creating a 3D human body map.

Stem cells are unspecialized cells that can develop into any type of cell in the human body. So far, however, scientists only partially understand how the body controls the fate of these all ...

For all of human history, death has been viewed as a final cessation of life in an organism, but new research is offering ...