A genetically modified pig lung remained viable and functional over a period of 9 days after being transplanted into a human recipient who had been declared brain dead, according to research published ...

Stacker compiled a list of facts you may not know about 25 major organs and what do for your body. Read on to see what you ...

Organs-on-chips (OoCs) represent a revolutionary advancement in the study of human physiology and disease, offering an in vitro microphysiological environment that mimics the functions of human organs ...

Organ cross-talk, also known as the organ axis or organ interaction network, plays a vital role in maintaining physiological homeostasis and responding to environmental stimuli. This review ...

Doctors in China have become the first to report details about a transplant of a genetically modified pig liver into a human. The liver was transplanted last year into a person who was brain-dead, and ...

For more than a century, medical students have memorized the same map of the human body, confident that every major structure had already been charted. Yet recent research suggests that even in the ...

We’ve reached a new frontier in organ transplantation. In a medical first, scientists announced this week that they successfully kept a genetically modified pig liver functioning inside a human ...

As aging progresses, the structures and functions of immune organs such as the thymus and spleen deteriorate, leading to impaired immune function and immune senescence. This study investigated the ...