Doctors in China have become the first to report details about a transplant of a genetically modified pig liver into a human.

Discover how smoking attacks virtually every organ, from lung destruction and heart damage to fertility problems, weakened ...

At about 27.5cm (11in) long and nearly 15cm (6in) wide, the lungs are your largest organ but together weigh only about two pounds. Adult lungs contain more than 600 million microscopic air sacs ...

They found hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) in human lung tissue that make red blood ... be a reservoir of hematopoiesis in a particular organ, in this case the lung, that gets activated whenever the ...

But today, officials regularly ignore the rankings, leapfrogging over hundreds or even thousands of people when they give out kidneys, livers, lungs and hearts. These organs often go to recipients ...

They found hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) in human lung tissue ... hematopoiesis in a particular organ, in this case the lung, that gets activated whenever the body needs more of any part of ...