Tissues are ensembles of similar or compatible types of animal or plant cells that together carry out a specific function. In the human body there are four categories of tissues: epithelial ...

As astronauts venture further into space, their exposure to harmful radiation rises. Researchers from Columbia University are ...

Scientists at the Francis Crick Institute have generated human stem cell models which, for the first time, contain ...

An explanation of how cells make up tissues which in turn make up organs. The diversity of cells in the human body is mentioned. Using muscle cells as an example, it is then explained how cells ...

Another example of the Human Cell Atlas in action came during the Covid pandemic when the detailed maps of the body allowed ...

Microplastics are everywhere—from the ocean to our bloodstream—raising urgent questions about their impact on human health.

Established in 2016, the Human Cell Atlas (HCA) consortium set out to create a comprehensive biological map of cells within the human body ... detailed maps of human tissues and systems throughout ...

“Our aim is to create human tissue models for high-throughput drug screening and other applications,” Liu said. The human ...

Scientists have developed human stem cell models containing the notochord, a critical tissue that guides spine and nervous system formation during embryonic development.

One of their distinctive abilities is detaching a portion of the body to escape from predators. A few species of brittle ...

However, recent advancements have allowed researchers not only to 3D bioprint tissues ten times faster ... approximate cell densities seen in the human body. Ibrahim Ozbolat, study co-author ...

The HCA community is producing high quality Atlases of tissues, organs and systems, to create a milestone Atlas of the human body. More than 3,500 HCA members from over 100 countries are working ...