The university's scientists have received a $28.5 million award from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health to develop a transplantable 3D-printed liver patch. The initiative ...

Scientists discover how aging alters the function of cells, called mesenchymal drift, and manage to reverse this process.

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A multidisciplinary team has uncovered a key mechanism that allows the human bacterium Mycoplasma pneumoniae—responsible for ...

Even if you think you learned everything that you needed to know way back in biology class, everyone has knowledge gaps. And often you’re not even aware that they exist. There are tons of things we ...

Scientists question whether alarming reports of plastic particles in human organs are accurate or the result of laboratory contamination.

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During pregnancy, maternal and fetal cells migrate back and forth across the placenta, with fetal cells entering the mother's ...

A newly developed imaging method blends ultrasound and photoacoustics to capture both tissue structure and blood-vessel function in 3D.

“There’s enough data out there to say that beige fat is good for human health,” says Bruce Spiegelman, a researcher at the ...

Pregnancy creates a lifelong biological link as cells pass between mother and child and remain in the body for decades.