A USC Stem Cell-led research team has achieved a major step forward in the effort to build mouse and human synthetic kidneys.

Science writer Mary Roach chronicles both the history and the latest science of body part replacement in her new book. She ...

MIT technology creates 3D models of fetuses with artificial intelligence and could revolutionize prenatal diagnostics with ...

What do world leaders talk about when they think we're not listening? This week it was the idea of living forever.

New research has identified yet another way that spaceflight tampers with the human body. A study involving samples flown on ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, were caught discussing the possibility of ...

Join curious siblings Dana and Danny on their most exciting adventure yet—inside the human body! From the beating heart to the thinking brain, the breathing lungs to the digesting stomach—Dana and ...

Resurrection beyond cellular disintegration is simply impossible. However, when a person dies, cell death itself isn’t instant. Researchers are taking advantage of a timed window during which they can ...

World leaders’ private chat on using biotechnology for immortality sparks ethical ...

Researchers build anthrobots from human airway cells that self-assemble, move, self-heal, and reverse aging markers, offering insights into synthetic life systems.

Gene-edited pigs lack a sugar in their muscles that normally makes them incompatible with our biology, among other changes. © SGr via Shutterstock The tantalizing ...

Researchers have found that nearly three-quarters of the population carry newly identified genetic elements called Inocles, which may influence oral health, immunity, and cancer risk. Researchers at t ...