These images use color markers—blue for nuclei, red for cell membranes, and green for fluid—to show that spaces between cells shrink as fluid moves out during tissue compression, from left to right ...

The choroid plexus (ChP) is a secretory tissue found in each of the brain ventricles, the main function of which is to produce cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). Although the ChP–CSF system is essential for ...

Researchers from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) have developed a new AI-powered algorithm to help understand how different cells organize themselves into particular tissues and communicate ...

May 13, 2005 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a blood test that detects genetic mutations in the cystic fibrosis regulator gene for use as an aid in diagnosing the disease in ...

Newly identified networks of interconnected, fluid-filled chambers that line tissues throughout the human body may qualify as a completely new organ, researchers report in a study published Tuesday in ...

Organoids are fast-becoming one of the most cutting-edge tools of modern life sciences. The idea is to use stem cells to build miniature tissues and organs that accurately resemble and behave like ...

There is little or no evidence to show that zoonotic infections can be transmitted through exchange of body fluids. Two recent reports indicate that mother's milk and blood products can transmit West ...