Scientists mapping the human body at the cellular level keep running into the same surprise: beneath the apparent chaos of tissues and organs, there is a hidden order that looks a lot like pure ...
Scientists are looking for answers about how these confounding trips, known as metastases, occur throughout the human body Illustration of a human cancer cell Amber Dance, Knowable Magazine Back in ...
In a recent study published in Immunology, researchers investigated populations of regulatory T cells (Treg), a type of white blood cell, in various tissues. Study: The tissue-resident regulatory T ...
New organ-on-a-chip recreates the cervix’s microbiome and immune system, revealing how bacteria shape STI infection risk.
During pregnancy, the placenta must dig into the uterine wall deeply enough to tap into the mother’s blood supply and nourish ...
Brain immune cells may be responsible for the formation of Alzheimer's plaques, revealing a key turning point in this neurological disease.
Brown fat has long carried a kind of scientific promise. Unlike the more familiar white fat that stores energy, this darker ...
A vast mosaic of cells, some that are identical and some that are slightly different, make up the human body. Knowable Magazine You began when egg and sperm met, and the DNA from your biological ...