The membrane-bound organelle appears to play a huge role in helping cells sort, discard, and recycle their contents. It's ...

Every day, your body replaces billions of cells—and yet, your tissues stay perfectly organized. How is that possible?

Inside each cell of the human body are proteins that control which genes are expressed at the right place and time. However, ...

One reason the team turned to mathematical models, rather than traditional biology experiments, is that it’s extremely ...

In a new study, published today (12 July) in Nature, researchers have produced the most detailed and comprehensive human Heart Cell Atlas to date, including the specialised tissue of the cardiac ...

Scientists have discovered a never-before-seen part of a human cell that could help research on Alzheimer's disease. The new organelle, the experts are calling 'hemifusome', was uncovered by Seham ...

The human body consists of around 50–100 trillion cells, which come in various types, each with its own function. Depending on their type, cells ensure that the body operates smoothly.

The Human Cell Atlas will, in short, turn the human body into terra far less incognita than it previously was, and make it much easier to mend when it goes wrong. It will, in other words, carry on ...