Using an enzyme inhibitor in meniscus cells, a new study was able to soften their nucleus and promote access to previously impassible areas. By softening a cell's nucleus so that it can squeeze its ...

Using a new microscopic technique, a team of scientists has identified a previously unknown human anatomical feature. Dubbed the interstitium, the discovery reveals that what was previously thought to ...

Many women who have mammograms get normal results that come with a caveat: They are told they have dense breast tissue, which can make their scans harder to read and could leave cancer undetected.

Most women — and their doctors — tend to think of mammography as a one-scan-works-for-all test. I learned the hard way that it isn’t. When I turned 36, I had a baseline mammogram. Then, beginning at ...

Our breasts are composed of three kinds of tissue: glandular (the milk glands and ducts), connective (the fibrous tissue that surrounds the ducts and glands), and fatty tissue. The younger we are, the ...