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

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 ...

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.

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

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

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have developed a new stem cell model of the mature human amniotic sac, which replicates development of the tissues supporting the embryo from two to four ...

The idea that the human body completely regenerates itself every seven years is a widely shared “fact.” But how much truth is ...