Stem cells (like the ones above, growing in petri dishes) are able to differentiate into any type of cell in the body, including cells that generate and repair tissue that's been damaged by disease.

You get a hernia when an organ or fatty tissue squeezes through a weak spot in a surrounding muscle or connective tissue called fascia. Hernias often happen where the belly wall is weaker ...

Abstract: Palpating tissues and organs to identify hidden tumors or to detect buried vessels is not a viable option in laparoscopic surgery due to lack of force feedback. So far, research toward ...

Equus How did horses become some of the greatest athletes in the animal kingdom? Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine have pinpointed a genetic mutation and evolutionary process that occurred ...