A comprehensive encyclopedia of the known functions of all protein-coding human genes has just been completed and released. Researchers used large-scale evolutionary modeling to integrate data on ...

Scientists have attempted to map the human cell since the first microscope was invented more than 400 years ago. But many components of the cell still remain uncharted. "We know each of the proteins ...

Erythritol may impair cellular functions essential to maintaining brain blood vessel health, according to researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder. Findings suggest that erythritol increases ...

Discover 25 incredible facts about the human body that will blow your mind! From neurogenesis to daily height changes, ...

If scientists could shrink themselves to microscopic size and take a journey through the human body—like the submarine crew ...

Understanding the human cell is vital to progress in the life sciences and to human health. Cells are the smallest, most basic unit of life responsible for all of life’s processes. A typical human ...

A collaborative research team led by scientists from the China National Center for Bioinformation, a research center ...

Their findings, recently reported in the journal Nature, overturn longstanding assumptions in developmental biology and could ...