The mitochondria (center) is part of the cell machinery. (SciePro/Science Photo Library/Getty Images) To properly understand aging, we have to understand what is slowly unravelling in individual cells ...

The most complex engineering of human cell lines ever has been achieved by scientists, revealing that our genomes are more resilient to significant structural changes than was previously thought.

Did you know an average person is estimated to contain approximately 30 trillion human cells, and that there are 200 different cell types in the human body? These figures reflect the fact that humans ...