The human body has many abilities, processes, and characteristics that often go unnoticed in everyday life. From the way ...

Many of the body's biggest flaws are the result of evolution building on old designs instead of starting over. Our spine, ...

How muscle changes with aging and tries to fight its effects is now better understood at the cellular and molecular level with the first comprehensive atlas of aging muscles in humans. Researchers ...

Pandas, we've all heard the phrase, "No two people are exactly alike." It's one of those things you learn in school and ...

Sonam Wangchuk completes 16 days without food, doctors explain how the human body shifts from burning sugar to fat and why ...

Muscle-on-chip systems are three-dimensional human muscle cell bundles cultured on collagen scaffolds. A Stanford University research team sent some of these systems to the International Space Station ...

Cambridge researchers created miniature brain-and-spinal-cord systems in the lab that can send signals and even trigger tiny muscle contractions. They discovered that human neurons gradually lose ...

In a world with rapidly aging societies, there's a need for a detailed understanding of the cause and progression of diseases associated with aging. Skeletal muscle is the key motor system in the ...

Before Adam Sharples became a molecular physiologist studying muscle memory, he played professional rugby. Over his years as an athlete, he noticed that he and his teammates seemed to return to form ...