Popular belief holds that our senses gather information only about the external world, but many of our sensory systems also monitor our internal environment, enabling the body to regulate its own ...

Physical pressure can stop cancer cells from growing large enough to divide, revealing why squeezed tumors may stall.

These images use color markers—blue for nuclei, red for cell membranes, and green for fluid—to show that spaces between cells shrink as fluid moves out during tissue compression, from left to right ...

Changes in adipose tissue during weight loss in the ATLAS study: The study followed individuals with severe obesity before and after weight loss, achieved through lifestyle interventions and bariatric ...

A severe burn changes life in an instant. Beyond the pain, it destroys the body’s natural shield against infection, ...

A study co-led by University of Texas at Dallas bioengineers identified a distinctive feature of tissues from young patients diagnosed with colorectal cancer, a disease that typically affects older ...