Did you know that we are still discovering completely new parts of the human body? In the last decade, we've uncovered multiple new pieces of our anatomy, forever changing our understanding of biology ...

A rare Homo habilis skeleton from Kenya reveals how early humans moved, climbed, and adapted more than two million years ago.

Tweaking a pattern of wound healing established millions of years ago may enable scar-free injury repair after surgery or ...

The face is privileged when it comes to scarring after injury. A Stanford Medicine study in mice not only discovers why but also finds a drug that helps skin from other sites regenerate.

Patients with severe melanoma who received the treatment were 49% less likely to die or have their cancer return, ...

This age-old connection, based on the notion that celestial forces affect our physical being, provides intriguing ...

That’s only one problem. Your immune system also has an adaptive system of specialized immune cells and antibodies that attack and destroy invading microbes. This system remembers what those intruders ...

Warts are small, firm bumps on the skin caused by viruses from the human papillomavirus (HPV) family. Warts are common among ...

A mummified human head kept in a Swiss museum displayed incorrect details about who the person was and where he came from.

Humans are the only primates that run nearly naked under the sun. Here’s how this biological tradeoff reshaped how our ...

A better understanding of how these amphibians grow new appendages may lead to better wound healing—or even new limbs—in humans. Axolotls are native to Mexico and critically endangered in their ...

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — A former central Pennsylvania man who was a central figure in an interstate conspiracy to buy and sell stolen human remains was sentenced Monday to 72 months in federal prison.