Facial growth stops at puberty in Homo sapiens. Humans differ from chimpanzees and Neanderthals in how their faces grow. In humans, facial growth slows down during childhood and stops after ...

Bone can heal itself, but not always in the ways we expect. Some animals regrow entire limbs. Others, like humans, can only manage a few millimeters at the tip of a finger. This wide range in ...

and human population growth (e.g., how fast will the human population grow, and what does that mean for climate change, resource use, and biodiversity?). Studying population growth also helps ...

University of North Carolina-led researchers have used brain connectivity charts built from functional MRI data as a tool for ...

The liver is the body’s control tower for metabolism, powering vital functions like converting nutrients to glucose, storing ...

The Arkansas House of Representatives passed legislation Tuesday to require students in grades 6-12 be taught about human ...

Organoids are made to model human organs and are promising for research and therapy, but there are limitations in their growth and function. A recent study by researchers at The University of Tokyo ...

Recently, the opportunity arose to study the effects of small doses of human growth hormone in 3 patients suffering from hypoglycemia, of whom 2 had islet-cell carcinoma of the pancreas ...

Organoids are made to model human organs and are promising for research and therapy, but there are limitations in their growth and function. A recent study by researchers at The University of ...