Human heart development is largely influenced by neural crest cells, which carefully regulate a key growth signal.

Early in pregnancy, something surprising happens. Every human embryo develops a tail. It is not symbolic or imagined. A real extension forms at the base of the spine, complete with vertebrae. Later, ...

The gray market is awash with BPC-157, a drug hyped as a cure-all, but unapproved by the FDA. Will RFK Jr. change that?

Your organs are constantly talking to each other in ways we’re only beginning to understand. Tapping into these communication ...

In conjunction with University Medical Center Mainz, researchers at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) have identified a mechanism that protects the female brain from genetic ...

The brain’s hemispheres are specialized for efficiency. Modern neuroscience shows lateralization enhances function without ...

Spotlighting Dr. Ida Rolf’s Overlooked Legacy and the Origins of Structural Integration - Decades Before Fascia Became ...

Cambridge researchers have revealed a detailed picture of how the human brain grows from mid-pregnancy through the first ...

You don't have to be a genius: anemones have been using human genes to form their bodies for 600 million years.

AlphaGenome is a leap forward in the ability to study the human blueprint. But the fine workings of our DNA are still largely ...

Every time we think we’re close to fully understanding the human body, something fresh and unexpected shows up. Recently, a team of researchers stumbled upon strange entities, or obelisks, living ...

One major division of the kingdom Animalia is Cnidarians (animals built around a central point) and bilaterians (animals with bilateral symmetry), which includes us humans. A study found that the sea ...