From interactive diagrams to A.I. assistants, virtual tools are beginning to supplant physical dissections in some classrooms ...

Mary Roach's new book Replaceable You explores what we do when bits of our bodies break down or need switching out. It makes ...

Understanding how bone marrow produces blood–and how this whole process can fail–is critical to fighting blood cancers and ...

At this stage, known as gastrulation, a flat and featureless sheet of cells folds into a living blueprint for the body, a ...

Your Blood Vessels Could Circle Earth Four Times Laid end to end, an adult's blood vessels could circle Earth's equator four ...

Our body's "blood factory" consists of specialized tissue made up of bone cells, blood vessels, nerves and other cell types.

Now, a new study reveals that this pivotal step in human development is guided by a precise interplay between chemical ...

Scientists have engineered the first fully human-made bone marrow system, recreating the complex mix of cells, vessels, and nerves that normally live deep within our bones. This breakthrough lets ...

Evolution has given humans countless unique features, but one body part stands out as an unsolved puzzle: the human chin.

The Brown University cognitive neuroscientist studies how the brain and body interact, with the goal of translating insights ...

Model recapitulates key physiological features of native endosteal niches, and could aid in the study of blood formation in both healthy and diseased conditions.