The human body contains an astonishing 36 to 37 trillion cells, each serving unique functions across organs and systems. In a groundbreaking initiative, the Human Cell Atlas (HCA), an international ...

The key to understanding the drivers of physical and neurological disease lies in part with understanding the microscopic ...

The human body contains around 36 trillion to 37 trillion cells, and researchers are mapping out where every one of those cells lives. Scientists with the Human Cell Atlas (HCA), an international ...

Cigarette smoking remains one of the most destructive habits a person can maintain, despite decades of public health warnings and overwhelming scientific evidence documenting its dangers. Each year, ...

Researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine recently joined a nationwide, NIH-funded initiative to develop the first comprehensive digital map of the healthy human body. The Whole Person Physiome ...

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 ...

I’ve always believed in being proactive about my health, but like most people, I usually only see a doctor when something feels wrong or if I’m overdue for an annual exam. That changed when I learned ...

What if I Got a Whole-Body MRI? Fred Hutch and UW Medicine radiologists do not provide reinterpretations of whole-body MRIs. If you’ve had a whole-body MRI screening and have a question or concern ...

Hugh Taylor has long studied the endometrium, or lining of the uterus. But it was his patients who got him interested in better understanding endometriosis specifically. Endometriosis is a disease in ...

A full-body scan every few years, for some, is a small price to pay for a wide-ranging check-up. Is it the right choice for ...