A doctor's visit often ends with you leaving with a pathology request form in hand. The request form soon has you filling a sample pot, having blood drawn, or perhaps even a tissue biopsy taken. After ...

The objective of the Tissue Resources Core is to collect, prepare and distribute high-quality human tissue samples (including solid tissues, blood and other biospecimens) to researchers located on the ...

Embryonic development is one of the most dynamic biological processes in nature. Cells and tissues organize and reorganize themselves following incredibly precise patterns, while remaining flexible ...

These images use color markers—blue for nuclei, red for cell membranes, and green for fluid—to show that spaces between cells shrink as fluid moves out during tissue compression, from left to right ...

An "out-of-this-world" project has the potential to transform the future of tissue engineering and liver transplantation through innovative research conducted aboard the International Space Station ...

Flow chart illustrating the mechanism of action of the tapeworm-inspired tissue anchoring mechanism. Upon contact with a tissue surface (in this case, the intestinal lining), the small protruding ...

One day, tiny swimming robots may travel through the human body to deliver drugs. The medication would target only areas of ...

Researchers led by Masako Tamaki at the RIKEN Center for Brain Science in Japan report a link between deep sleep and cerebrospinal fluid, the clear liquid that surrounds and supports the brain and ...

The National Institutes of Health, the largest public funder of biomedical research in the world, announced Thursday that it would no longer support research that utilizes fetal tissue donated to ...