Scientists mapping the human body at the cellular level keep running into the same surprise: beneath the apparent chaos of ...

The human body contains around 36 trillion to 37 trillion cells, and researchers are mapping out where every one of those cells lives. Scientists with the Human Cell Atlas (HCA), an international ...

There are hundreds of cell types in the human body, each with a specific role spelled out in their DNA. In theory, all it ...

When a rhinovirus, the most frequent cause of the common cold, infects the lining of our nasal passages, our cells work ...

AN ADULT HUMAN body consists of some 37trn cells. Not so long ago, these were thought to come in 220 different types. That number, the product of painstaking decades spent peering through microscopes ...

Researchers have created an early map of some of the human body’s estimated 37.2 trillion cells. Each type of cell has a unique role, and knowing what all the cells do can help scientists better ...

A rapid interferon response from nasal epithelial cells induces a cascade of responses during infection, from reduced viral ...

Your chances of catching a cold—and how miserable it feels—may depend more on your body than on the virus itself.

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 ...

When tissue is severely damaged, surviving cells can respond in a concentrated burst of biological repair known as ...

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.