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Some people may worry about being bitten by a snake or spider, but have you ever considered what would happen if a small ...

How many cells make up your body? It’s actually not all that easy to answer that simple question. But recently, scientists have made a pretty good effort. And their final count is…37.2 trillion.

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 ...

Chancellor's Professor of Medicine, Liberal Arts, and Philanthropy, Indiana University Indianapolis December 31, 2014 marks the 500th anniversary of the birth of one of the most important figures in ...

The human body is eerily similar to a complex machine, with countless delicate parts. These parts range from the tiniest of cells to our limbs, eyes, kidneys, and brains. These parts have slowly ...