When you were first conceived, you were a single cell. From this basic fact, we can extrapolate a few things, most especially that all the cells that make up your body today came (indirectly) from ...

Your skin is in a constant state of reinvention. Every month, your body sheds and regenerates its entire outer layer—a ...

Scientists in Melbourne have discovered how tiny electrical pulses can steer stem cells as they grow, opening the door to new ...

The flu illness is triggered by influenza viruses, which enter the body through droplets and then infect cells. Researchers ...

A New York University study has found that kidney and nerve tissue cells can form memories much like brain cells. According to the study authors, their findings could help researchers better ...

Aging is the process of getting older. In biology, aging refers to how, over time, the cells in our bodies wear out or get damaged. They no longer work as well as they used to. Some visible signs of ...

We have trillions of body clocks — a central one in the brain and others in each cell of our body. Here's how they work with light to control our health. When you purchase through links on our site, ...

Scientists have mapped underappreciated scaffolding cells in skin, known as fibroblasts. They show for the first time how fibroblasts go ‘rogue’ in many different diseases affecting multiple organs – ...

Scientists have finally watched influenza viruses break into living human cells in real time, catching the microscopic ...

Young sea urchins spread neuron-rich tissue across their bodies. A new atlas shows complex neural and light sensing networks.

Subcutaneous immunotherapy injections work the same way as their intravenous counterparts — by changing or enhancing a person’s immune responses to cancer. Immunotherapy for cancer is a broad category ...

Share on Pinterest Do all our cells have a type of memory, and if so, how might this influence health? We investigate. Design by MNT; Photography by Grant Faint/Getty Images & Ed Reschke/Getty Images.