Like a phoenix rising from the ashes, our skin tissue—and in fact many types of epithelial tissue that lines and covers the ...

Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is the most common form of adult-onset muscular dystrophy, affecting about 1 in 8,000 people.

At first glance, it looks like the start of a human pregnancy: A ball-shaped embryo presses gently into the receptive lining ...

Microscopic fibers secretly shape how every organ in the body works, yet they’ve been notoriously hard to study—until now. A new imaging technique called ComSLI reveals hidden fiber orientations in ...

Liver disease is a major global health problem, causing over two million deaths worldwide each year. While animal models have ...

A research team at Florida State University's Institute of Molecular Biophysics and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry ...

The human body is a remarkably resilient thing, as many case studies of people surviving without organs tell us ...

When studying how fossil hominids moved, researchers usually analyse the morphology of bones — which is crucial for ...

Study reveals 20 DNA markers in fast-twitch muscle that predict age within 4 years and explain why sprinting declines before walking ability.

Researchers report wide variation in microplastic properties, even among identical materials, challenging current toxicology ...

Researchers have uncovered that the body uses different molecular systems to sense cold in the skin versus internal organs.