Understanding the shape or morphology of neurons and mapping the tree-like branches via which they receive signals from other ...

Human gene maps contain major blind spots because they were built largely from the DNA sequences of people with European ...

Neural tissue engineering aims to mimic the brain's complex environment, the extracellular matrix, which supports nerve cell growth, development, and proper connectivity. This environment is carefully ...

Why do no two human faces look quite the same? Although we all follow the same biological blueprint, our features—the curve of a lip, the angle of a nose, the breadth of a jaw—diverge in endlessly ...

You may not be able to grow bigger muscles out of thin air, but you can 3D print them in microgravity, scientists at ETH Zurich have now established. "3D printing" refers to a type of manufacturing ...

The 17th century Evelyn Tables show real human nerves and veins, dried on wooden boards. Designers on the new Netflix film took note. This is an article from our newsletter “Science Goes To The Movies ...

WEDNESDAY, Nov. 20, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists from around the world are making headway in compiling a Human Cell Atlas -- a deep dive into the myriad types of cells in the body and their ...

The contribution of genetics to the variability in people’s metabolism has remained largely unknown. This is, in part, because genetic studies of human metabolism have been limited in scale and ...

Once Human is a sandbox survival game where you, as Meta-Human, need to survive in the harsh environment with swarms of enemies and rebuild the human civilization after the world was changed by the ...

Excess belly fat is strongly linked to cardiometabolic diseases like type 2 diabetes and heart disease. While scientists have identified genetic variants associated with the increased risk of these ...

Each organ in the human body contains different types of cells arranged in specific ways. These arrangements aid protein interactions, which drive important functions such as nutrient and waste ...