A computer-generated image of red blood cells. Nitric oxide—known by the formula NO—is so vital for humans’ internal physiological processes that it was crowned Molecule of the Year in 1992. It plays ...

While the human body doesn’t replace itself every seven years in a uniform way, it does engage in constant renewal.

Hormones coordinate different body functions by carrying messages through the bloodstream to target cells and tissues. Hormonal imbalances occur through inadequate or excess hormone synthesis, which ...

Renin-angiotensin system, or RAS, is a physiological mechanism essential to human body function. The SARS-CoV-2 virus causes overactivation and malfunction of this system. The RAS regulates innate ...

Folic acid, also known as vitamin B9, is an important B-vitamin with many vital functions in the human body. It was ...

Dani Clode explores the potential of the human body to morph, adapt, and perform novel functions. Based at the University of Cambridge, she is, in her words, “an augmentation designer exploring the ...