Not all organs are needed for survival. From your gallbladder to your spleen, here are 12 organs you can lose and still ...

In a recent study published in the journal Nature, researchers used cutting-edge blood plasma proteomics to investigate if human organs age at different rates. They analyzed 11 organs in almost 5,700 ...

The risk of rejection can be offset by carefully matching the molecular similarities between a donor and patient and making ...

Human Buddy is an animated show that explores the wonders of the human body in a fun and entertaining style. This series ...

A newborn with with severe gastroschisis — her kidneys, stomach, liver, fallopian tubes, intestines, and ovaries were outside of her body — improved within a few weeks A baby born with her organs ...

When Russian president Vladimir Putin visited Beijing in September 2025, he told Chinese leader Xi Jinping that repeated ...

When the human body gets hurt, most tissues heal—skin closes over a wound, bone heals itself. But not all organs heal that ...

More than 100,000 Americans are waiting for an organ transplant, and Minnesota researchers think pigs could help them. Miromatrix Medical Inc., an Eden Prairie biotechnology company, works to create ...

NEW YORK – In an experimental procedure, a genetically modified pig kidney successfully functioned in a human body for about two months, the longest documented case of its kind. Researchers at NYU ...

Former civil servant Luo Chen Jun suggests having a single national registry linking organ, body, and brain donations. Read ...

BOSTON - The theft from Harvard Medical School's morgue is now raising a number of ethical and legal questions. It is also causing concern in the area of organ donation, which is life-saving and very ...