Muscle-on-chip systems are three-dimensional human muscle cell bundles cultured on collagen scaffolds. A Stanford University research team sent some of these systems to the International Space Station ...

Pioneering research by experts at the University of Sydney, the Baird Institute and the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in ...

For decades, the human heart was seen as a one-chance organ-once damaged, forever scarred. But a groundbreaking discovery from Australia is now challenging that belief, revealing that the human heart ...

The human body has always been crowded with microscopic passengers, from bacteria to viruses and fungi. Over the past two ...

Repeated exercise, or wasting, can change the way key genes work.

Biohybrid robots work by combining biological components like muscles, plant material, and even fungi with non-biological materials. While we are pretty good at making the non-biological parts work, ...

Researchers have created a way to guide and control the development of stem cells into specific tissues and organs, opening the door to developing a means of one day tackling complex diseases like ...

Long thought incapable of repair, this discovery by Australian researchers could reshape future treatments for heart failure.

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 ...