A new organelle has been discovered in human cells — and scientists call it a "hemifusome." Like the full-size organs in our bodies, the organelles within cells are specialized structures that carry ...

Scientists have captured an unprecedented, real-time view of influenza viruses as they move across and slip inside human ...

Researchers in Barcelona have, for the first time, recorded a human embryo embedding itself into the uterus in real time and in 3D, revealing the surprisingly forceful and invasive process that is ...

Eight years on from the formation of the Human Cell Atlas (HCA) consortium, which set out with the hugely ambitious task of mapping the entire human body – around 37.2 trillion cells – scientists ...

What at first seemed like an artifact in the images turned out to be a new organelle that may be involved in sorting, recycling and discarding proteins within human cells. Ebrahim likened the ...