THE third part of Professor Walmsley's “Manual of Practical Anatomy “is devoted to the dissection of the head and neck, for which a period of about ten weeks is suggested. The usual order of ...

The human body uses three types of molecules to yield the necessary energy to drive ATP synthesis: fats, proteins, and carbohydrates. Over a hundred ATP molecules are synthesized from the complete ...

human skin could be coaxed into growing in a lab and be given to burn victims and other patients who today must undergo painful skin grafts. Organs grown outside the body will transform medicine ...

Making the film Plastic People made me realize I am a human landfill. In the documentary, from The Nature of Things, I have my home, food and body tested for microplastics as part of an ...

Cyanide is a highly lethal chemical that has been used in warfare and poisonings for centuries—that was the general consensus on the naturally occurring chemical up until spring 2025. But in a global ...

More information: Atlas of imprinted and allele-specific DNA methylation in the human body, Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-57433-1 ...