Human evolution is often told as a tidy story of adaptation, yet some of our most familiar body parts still defy ...

An organ is a group of tissues that work together to perform a specific task in the body, such as digesting nutrients or producing chemical messengers that enable brain cells to communicate. Although ...

In a recent study published in the journal PNAS, researchers examined the relationship between cell size and count across the human body, establishing a quantitative framework and uncovering ...

UC Santa Cruz research innovations and academic programs advance brain and mental health.

Many aspects of our world, from the body mass of creatures in the animal kingdom to the population of cities across the globe, follow an intriguing mathematical pattern. Known as Zipf's law, the rule ...

In a landmark case reported in the Journal of Hepatology, Chinese surgeons have shown that a genetically modified pig liver ...

A genetically modified pig lung remained viable and functional over a period of 9 days after being transplanted into a human recipient who had been declared brain dead, according to research published ...

Nanoplastics derived from single-use PET bottles can directly disrupt key biological systems that are vital for human health, ...

Nanoplastics derived from single-use PET bottles can directly disrupt key biological systems that are vital for human health, ...

In recent years, conversations about human-centric lighting (HCL) have grown in popularity as healthcare organizations become ...