An ambitious project launched in 2016 has made a dent in one of biology’s greatest challenges — with more than 3,600 researchers profiling more than 100 million cells.

A new international study led by scientists from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev has characterized the populations of fat cells in various fat tissues in the human body. Using innovative technology ...

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All living organisms are made up of cells. Cells are the smallest part of a living organism and are around 0.01 mm - 0.03 mm long. To look at a cell close up a microscope needs to be used.

Imagine tiny fists punching their way through your body. For some cancer patients, this may be the reality. Melanoma cells can mechanically tunnel their way through tissue using fleshy membrane ...

We now know how many cells there are in the human body New estimates for the number of cells in adults and children draw on over 1500 scientific papers detailing the different cell and tissue ...

The human body has 37 trillion cells. If we can work out what they all do, the results could revolutionise our healthcare.

New technique bioprints live cells inside the body using ultrasonic waves Revolutionary acousto-printing method can be used to circumvent invasive surgery, and has a wide array of potential ...

Cell Chirality Offers Clues to the Mystery of Body Asymmetry Researchers explore the idea that molecular patterns in individual cells could underlie the development of a left and a right in animals.

An ambitious plan to map all 37 trillion cells in the human body is transforming understanding of how our bodies work, scientists report. The received wisdom said we were built from around 200 ...

Studying how cells work inside a living body is one of the most powerful ways to understand health and disease. However, looking deep inside live tissue is extremely challenging, especially when ...