The human skeleton — our internal framework that includes bones and cartilage — evolved over millions of years. It comprises ...

Researchers reviewed more than 60 studies and found evidence that plastic particles can reach bone tissue, disrupt cell ...

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Learn more about the human tailbone and how, even though we may not have a strict need for it anymore, it still helps us with ...

Experts have been puzzled by recently discovered fossils from the hand of an extinct human relative, Paranthropus boisei.

Svetlana Komarova first began studying bone as a postdoctoral fellow at NASA, where her research was focused on the bone loss ...

With the demand for human donor organs desperately outstripping supply, scientists are working to see if genetically edited ...

When the human body gets hurt, most tissues heal—skin closes over a wound, bone heals itself. But not all organs heal that ...

The team used human stem cells to create embryo-like structures dubbed “hematoids” that mirror some features of early human ...

Copper is an essential trace mineral vital for energy production, connective tissue integrity, and brain health, helping to ...