This may help treat chronic wounds or diabetic ulcers—and one day maybe degenerative diseases, nerve damage and bone fractures too.

If the human body were just a blob made up of a singular type of cell, then perhaps there would be at least some element of truth to the popular misconception – every seven years or so, they ...

Electrical stimulation of macrophages could represent a new therapy to boost the body’s own repair processes in a range of ...

Scientists from Trinity College Dublin have discovered that electrically stimulating macrophages—one of the immune systems key players—can reprogram them in such a way as to reduce inflammation and ...

Stem cells anchor the development of human organs and other structures, and, in some cases, can also perform repairs. The intensive interest in these developmental masterminds relates directly to ...

For all of human history, death has been viewed as a final cessation of life in an organism, but new research is offering ...

The potential of scTab lies in promoting standardized cell labels and encouraging a research-community-wide consensus in cell-type nomenclature. Cell-level reference maps for the human body take shape ...

Tailor-made temporary organs for transplant emergencies are being tested in human patients — livers, arteries, and soon hearts created from the patient’s own cells.