Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered new details about how the human genome produces instructions for creating ...

Yet, for all its aesthetic and expressive potency, the neck is also a site of fear and deep vulnerability. Villains and ...

New research shows that a network of subcellular structures similar to those responsible for propagating molecular signals that make muscles contract are also responsible for transmitting signals in ...

Medically reviewed by Alicen Nelson MD, MPH The navel, also known as the belly button or umbilicus, is a small, round, or ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — An Alabama woman has become the longest living recipient of a pig organ transplant and is thriving after two months.

A path to a more capable warfighter "Each red blood cell stays in the blood for about four months, and it accesses pretty much every organ in the body," said Samir Mitragotri, a professor of ...

Most neurons have several axons and dendrites, and the position of the cell body and the length and numbers of the axons and dendrites can vary. The human nervous system is defined as two parts.

can improve how organs in the nervous system, cardiovascular system and gastrointestinal systems recover and improve. “Since alcohol can affect the absorption and utilization of vitamins and nutrients ...

To devise a strategy against cancer, the authors took a cue from a challenge facing people who receive organ transplants: the human immune ... to assess whether the body’s typical immune ...

The gut is the largest immune organ in the body, and it may be the new frontier for human and cattle health ... citing a recent Consumer Reports survey in which 78% of respondents said producers ...

(Bloomberg) -- Medical experts proposed a radical overhaul of how obesity is diagnosed, moving away from relying on body mass alone ... and the state of their organs. It may also limit the ...