In the 16th century, when the study of human anatomy was still in its infancy ... “The important discoveries about anatomy, I think, are now coming from studies of tissues and cells.” Over the last ...

For example, the endothelial tissue that lines the human gastrointestinal tract consists of several cell types. Some of these cells absorb nutrients from the digestive contents, whereas others ...

Most computers run on microchips, but what if we've been overlooking a simpler, more elegant computational tool all this time ...

Now, researchers at Penn State have made a breakthrough by developing special hydrogels that can actually mimic these complex tissue behaviors. The human body’s tissues are supported by an ...