The 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded for the development of CRISPR/Cas9, a method also known as "gene scissors," ...

A computer-generated image of red blood cells. Nitric oxide—known by the formula NO—is so vital for humans’ internal physiological processes that it was crowned Molecule of the Year in 1992. It plays ...

Microplastics have been found in our lungs, guts, and even our blood. Now, researchers say they may reduce protective enzymes ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A gene-edited pig kidney transplanted into a brain-dead man’s body is functioning well more than 4 weeks later.

Imagine seeing your body from the inside out, a hidden world where more than 30 trillion cells are constantly renewing and regenerating to keep you alive. Men typically have around 36 trillion cells, ...

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), manmade chemicals that accumulate in the body over time, have been linked to ...

New research has identified yet another way that spaceflight tampers with the human body. A study involving samples flown on ...

Recent research has shown that ingredients in the foods we eat, pollution in the air we breathe and toxins in the goods we use on a daily basis are changing our bodies in harmful or bizarre ways, and ...

Iron deficiency is a leading nutritional disorder, which affects millions of people throughout the world. The human body ...