The human body requires protein as one of its fundamental nutritional elements, and it is known as the 'building block of the ...

Cancer researcher Chi Van Dang studies pharmacokinetics—the way the body absorbs, distributes, metabolizes, and excretes a ...

Humans stand apart from many other primates by taking more time to mature, relying on a supportive network during a long period of childhood.

Professor Joy Ogwu, former Nigerian Foreign Minister and Permanent Representative to the United Nations who recently passed ...

Stem-cell models provide evidence that viral DNA sequences that entered the human genome in the past were repurposed to aid early stages of embryonic development. Sherif Khodeer is in the Department ...

Growth charts for children with rare genetic disorders—giving health care professionals and families clearer guidance on how ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A newly proposed bill, called the “Baby Olivia Act,” aims to require public schools to teach human growth and development in its curriculum. Rep. Melanie Miller, of Ashland, ...

By the end of King's latest, I felt that "Heart the Lover" stands as one of the most emotionally devastating and soulfully ...

In fact, this is the same mechanism through which some short-statured modern human populations have adapted to their local ecological conditions. The small body size of Homo ... how pregnancy and ...

Jane Goodall’s life reminds us that our wellbeing is inseparable from the living world, showing how nature restores ...

GENEVA (AP) — The U.N.'s top human rights body agreed Monday to set up an ongoing probe of human rights violations in Afghanistan under the Taliban, including against women and girls, in a measure ...