It may be disturbing to characterize human bodies in such commodifying terms, but the unavoidable reality is that human ...

The shortage of organ donors is not just confined to ... difficult process. While some parts of the human body are more complex than others, each piece has its own specialised requirements and ...

After years of research into xenotransplantation, the field is at a turning point—yet risks and ethical issues remain ...

An "unprecedented view" of how the body changes during and after pregnancy has revealed many long-lasting impacts on the ...

In the piece, a trio of scientists argue that advances in biotechnology will soon allow us to create “spare” human bodies that could be used for research, or to provide organs for donation.

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

Often compared to a computer, the body's most complex organ operates using a code of electrical and chemical signals. These signals transmit through wires, nodes and networks to process and store ...

In recent years, scientists have identified and reclassified certain structures as organs, deepening our understanding of human anatomy ... cells to different parts of the body, making it an ...

Soldiers take part in China's annual national commemoration event for human organ donation in Shenyang, Northeast China's ...

How Sugar Affects Individual Organs Although researchers in India used mice while studying the effects of sugary beverages on the body, their methods closely mimic how we consume sweet drinks and ...

To make the organ more compatible with the human body, scientists made six gene edits ... Shah has been a part of the team at Mass General Brigham that successfully transplanted a pig kidney ...