While the human body doesn’t replace itself every seven years in a uniform way, it does engage in constant renewal.

A computer-generated image of red blood cells. Nitric oxide—known by the formula NO—is so vital for humans’ internal physiological processes that it was crowned Molecule of the Year in 1992. It plays ...

The human body functions as a highly intricate and interconnected system — when one area falls out of harmony, it often causes ripple effects throughout the rest. Instead of remaining silent, your ...

Folic acid, also known as vitamin B9, is an important B-vitamin with many vital functions in the human body. It was ...

Dani Clode explores the potential of the human body to morph, adapt, and perform novel functions. Based at the University of Cambridge, she is, in her words, “an augmentation designer exploring the ...

Renin-angiotensin system, or RAS, is a physiological mechanism essential to human body function. The SARS-CoV-2 virus causes overactivation and malfunction of this system. The RAS regulates innate ...