The human body contains about 100 trillion ... Within every cell (except red blood cells) is a nucleus -- a sphere-like structure separated from the rest of the cell by a membrane.

Researchers have created an early map of some of the human body's estimated ... seeking to understand the structure, location and function of the many types of brain cells. A new gut microbiome ...

Each cell with a nucleus contains chromosomes, which are made from DNA Human body cells each contain 23 pairs of chromosomes, half of which are from each parent. So, human gametes (eggs and sperm ...

Researchers at the Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation (TIBI) have developed a technique that could help advance ...

Structure and function In the human body, cells dwell within three-dimensional networks of proteins and other macromolecules collectively known as the extracellular matrix (ECM). “This is the ...

Senescent skin cells, often referred to as zombie cells because they have outlived their usefulness without ever quite dying, have existed in the human body as a seeming paradox ... scaffolding to ...

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. The nucleus of each human body cell contains 46 chromosomes. Each chromosome contains about 1000 genes. There is ...