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Medical illustration showing a close-up of a person's arm and hand with the palm facing towards the viewer, against a beige-colored background. Some of the hand is shown in yellow and blood vessels are visible.

Scientists just made mice 'see-through' using food dye — and humans are next

By Emily Cooke published

A common food dye can turn the skin of living mice transparent, but we don't yet know if it'll work in humans.

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Close-up of a scar on the upper-right-hand-side of a person's chest. They appear to be wearing blue denim dungarees and one of the shoulder straps is falling down their arm to showcase the scar. The scar is red and darker than the skin around it and is a long, thin line.

Why are scars permanent?

By Emily Cooke published

Scar tissue differs from normal skin in a few important ways.

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Flourescent images of the heart organoids, shown in blue, green, red and then a colorful composite ima

Scientists are growing teensy hearts to learn which drugs raise risk of congenital defects

By Brett Volmert, Aitor Aguirre, Aleksandra Kostina published

Organoids can replicate each component of the human heart, from its chambers to its veins.

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Microscope image in the center with a blurred version of the image layered behind. The image is of the newly-discovered liver repair cells. The nucleus of these cells can be seen in white and the cell membrane in red. There are also diffuse areas of green and blobs of blue dotted throughout the image, both dark blue and cyan

Scientists discover new type of cell in the liver

By Emily Cooke published

The newly-discovered cells help shed light on how the liver repairs itself after damage.

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Microscope image shows a tube-like structure with four "spikes" or extended-out bits on the top and four on the bottom. A tumor can be seen beginning to form in the bottom right-hand side of the structure.

Scientists just grew super realistic, miniature colons in the lab and gave them cancer

By Emily Cooke published

The tiny colons were grown from mouse stem cells, but human versions could one day be used to test new drugs for colorectal cancer, scientists say.

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Woman can be seen sat on a wooden floor coughing into her elbow while she holds a cup of tea in a blue mug in the other hand. The background is blurred, however, she is sat next to a wooden coffee table and a grey couch with blue cushions. There is also a bookshelf behind her and a wooden stool against a kitchen counter to the right

Scientists uncover the cells that save you when water goes down the wrong pipe

By Emily Cooke published

In a mouse study, scientists uncovered the sensory cells that trigger coughing when you inhale water by mistake.

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close up of a lampreys circular mouth full of teeth pressed up against the glass of a fish tank

Nightmare fish may explain how our 'fight or flight' response evolved

By Joanna Thompson published

A new study of vertebrate evolution reveals that we have more in common with spooky-looking fish called lampreys than we thought.

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photo of a student holding a pen and notebook as she looks at a 3D model of the systems of the human body

What are the systems of the body? Fast facts about the human body and how it works

By Rachael Rettner, Scott Dutfield, Nicoletta Lanese last updated

Reference Learn all about the human body's many systems and some of its individual organs, both vital and vestigial.

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a crowd of people in a field look up at a solar eclipse taking place in a clear sky above

Colors will look different during the April 8 solar eclipse. Here's why.

By Riis Williams published

When the moon fully eclipses the sun, it's not just the sky that changes. Your eyes do, too.

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Close-up image of a petri dish containing lab-grown mini brains being held by a scientist wearing blue gloves. The scientist's face can be seen blurred in the background

Could mini space-grown organs be our 'cancer moonshot'?

By Emily Cooke published

Scientists say they're growing "organoids" in space to better understand cancer, neurological diseases and aging, and to hopefully uncover treatments.

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