Chinese researchers have taken a big step toward a world in which we can cultivate organs for transplant, with the first-ever ...

A small group of researchers believe the organ donor crisis could be solved not with donors, but with pigs. Here's the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. a school age girl with dark brown skin presents a simplified diagram of the human body to a teacher. the diagram depicts various ...

It took a broke medical student, a $20 fish tank, and a radical idea that could one day turn failed organs into brand-new ...

Drones could be a viable way to make transportation of potentially life-saving donated kidneys more efficient, according to a recent study conducted at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, ...

Miniature organs have a new lifeline. Mimicking the way early human embryos grow blood vessels, scientists nudged multiple types of mini organs to sprout their own vascular networks. Also called ...

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 ...

An international team of scientists and clinicians has announced the launch of a new open-access 3D portal that allows users to explore intact human organs in unprecedented detail—from the whole organ ...

Both scientific and policy advancements could provide desperately needed organs for transplantation. For example, there have been some promising early studies using kidneys from pigs genetically ...

UNOS, NASA, and LifeNet Health successfully transport human kidneys by BVLOS drone, advancing research into future organ ...

A new kind of blood test could be used to predict future disease risk. Here is what it means for the detection of diseases ...