When the skin is injured, a stem cell’s survival instincts kick in. New research reveals that a simple amino acid, serine, ...

From sunscreen to hats to a multimillion-dollar skincare industry to shade, we go to extreme lengths to keep our skin safe ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprisingly simple “tissue code”: five rules that choreograph when, where, and how cells divide, ...

When stress hits, hair stem cells switch from growing hair to repairing skin, offering new insights into how our bodies ...

Blue sharks get their glow from hidden nanocrystals — and those same structures might let them subtly change color under pressure or depth.

For decades, the dream of fixing harmful mutations in mitochondrial DNA felt out of reach. Scientists have long known these ...

Aging is natural, but daily habits shape how we age. Balanced nutrition, exercise, sleep, stress control, and social ...

The skin has two types of adult stem cells: epidermal and hair follicle. Their jobs seem well-defined: maintaining the skin, ...

A global team of scientists has found a new and surprising way to treat cancer—by giving cancer cells nutrients that ...

New research into the anatomy of blue sharks reveals a unique nanostructure in their skin that produces their iconic blue ...

Many tribes in Assam, Arunachal and Northeast India use more than 800 herbal plants for wound healing, many of which are ...

Scientists found that embryonic skin cells “whisper” through faint mechanical tugs, using the same force-sensing proteins ...