Our bodies are constantly breaking down. Over time, their built-in repair mechanisms also fail. Knee cartilage grinds away. Hip joints no longer support weight. Treatments for breast cancer and other ...

Physicians rely on nuclear medicine scans, like SPECT scans, to watch the heart pump, track blood flow and detect diseases hidden deep inside the body. But today's scanners depend on expensive ...

Mississippi State University President Mark E. Keenum, left, observes the Anatomage Tables, the latest addition to MSU’s Department of Biological Sciences curricula. The university hosted a ...

Using human cells and cutting-edge technology, the team created a three-dimensional (3D) model that accurately simulates the brain invaded by aggressive cancer. Published in Biofabrication, the study ...

In a simulation, a bas-relief pressed into digital fabric produced an imprint that resembled the Shroud of Turin more closely than the imprint of a fully 3D human body. Reading time 2 minutes The ...

Back in 2005, the Franklin Institute broke records — and possibly some taboos — with its first iteration of the “Body Worlds” exhibit. The exhibit, featuring real human specimens —including whole-body ...

Science is advancing our understanding of the human body (photo taken at the Wellcome Centre, London) —Image by © Tim Sandle Science is advancing our understanding ...

The mysterious Shroud of Turin, which is believed by many Christians to have laid atop Jesus Christ’s body after his crucifixion, may be even stranger than we previously thought. In a new study ...

The breakthrough could make scans sharper, faster, cheaper, and safer — expanding access to high-quality nuclear medicine imaging for patients worldwide. Physicians rely on nuclear medicine scans, ...