The human body has always been crowded with microscopic passengers, from bacteria to viruses and fungi. Over the past two ...

You don't have to be a genius: anemones have been using human genes to form their bodies for 600 million years.

Behind the language of medical research and scientific progress, a hidden industry has been quietly expanding.

Researchers find obelisks, mysterious RNA molecules in human bacteria that challenge our understanding of viruses and ...

According to three Stanford scientists, lack of human biological material is a “major bottleneck to progress” for medical research. A steadily growing idea is one known as “bodyoids”—biological ...

The human body is a machine whose many parts – from the microscopic details of our cells to our limbs, eyes, liver and brain – have been assembled in fits and starts over the four billion years of our ...

Bill would prohibit importation of "plastinated" human body parts into the U.S. May 21, 2008— -- Click here to read an update on this story. Twenty-one members of Congress have sponsored a bill ...

How many tiny pieces of plastic are currently inside your body? A series of headline-grabbing studies in the last few years ...

An international team of researchers, led by the University of Queensland and Imperial College London, has proposed a new ...

Exclusive: Some scientists say many detections are most likely error, with one high-profile study called a ‘joke’ ...

With frigid temperatures sticking around, it’s important to keep warm, especially since all human bodies react differently to ...