This makes the third time in just two weeks that a major mainstream or scientific outlet published credible nonsense about acupuncture, but I had to cover it after dozens of people e-mailed me about ...

Researchers have successfully regenerated skeletal and connective tissue, although the new tissue was not perfectly formed.

Researchers preparing to scan a human heart from a donor. (ESRF/Stef Candé) A pioneering project has revealed the human body ...

A biohybrid hand which can move objects and do a scissor gesture has been created. The researchers used thin strings of lab-grown muscle tissue bundled into sushilike rolls to give the fingers enough ...

Adipose tissue is a dynamic metabolic organ that plays a central role in energy homeostasis, endocrine signaling, and thermoregulation (Forner et al., 2009). Traditionally, adipose tissue has been ...

The image looks like a slice of highly marbled flesh, reminiscent of a high-end steak with abundant fine-grained streaks of fat. But that’s not dinner. It’s an MRI scan of the thigh of a 62-year-old ...

Building your butt muscles will help you stay injury-free and independent in midlife and beyond. Building your butt muscles will help you stay injury-free and independent in midlife and beyond. Credit ...

For decades, lab-grown cells have been studied in materials that don't reflect the softness and flexibility of human tissue. Now researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder have developed a ...

Building functional human muscle in the laboratory has long been a goal of regenerative medicine, but one stubborn obstacle remains: real muscle is not just a mass of cells. Its strength and function ...

Social media influencers and supplement companies have stoked concerns, but experts say the issue is a lot more complicated. By Simar Bajaj Taryn J. Mitchell, a 54-year-old banker from Greensboro, N.C ...

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) said that it will stop funding all research that uses human fetal tissue, ending support for studies both inside and outside the agency. In a statement, the NIH ...