This artery plays a critical role in the circulatory system by ensuring that organs in the lower body get a steady supply of oxygen-rich blood to keep them working properly. The aorta is the largest ...

No playing sports. No eating his favorite foods. And in nearly a decade on the transplant list, no luck getting an organ. Then, last spring, his doctor called. There was a perfect match.

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It's made up of a complicated network of cells and organs. It protects the body from infection, cancer, and other conditions. Lymph nodes are part of the immune system. They send out lymphocytes.

The families of men who died in Alabama prisons and were returned without all of their organs sat in court Tuesday, watching as lawyers for the University of Alabama at Birmingham argued that the ...

Fewer critically ill Australians received life-saving organ transplants last year, despite a small increase in donors. Experts say there's been a welcome increase in older donors, but often their ...

The back gets a stretch, spinal nerves are toned and the whole nervous system is invigorated. Abdominal organs get toned. Parvatasana makes one focussed and alert. With increased blood supply to the ...

Over six blizzardy days, Toronto was buried in more than a foot of snow, which quickly transformed from soft blanket to slushy, treacherous mess. Countless streetcars were blocked by parked cars ...

What do horses, armadillos, sloths, and tapirs all have in common? They’re all animals, sure. They’re all mammals, too. But there’s something more striking, more special, about them: Around 500,000 ...

A breakthrough in bioprinting of living tissues could soon lead to 3D-printing of blood vessels and human organs, ushering in a new era of regenerative medicine. Guohao Dai, a bioengineering ...

When David Bennet received a new heart in January 2022, there was something very unusual about the organ being transplanted into his body – instead of coming from a human donor, it was actually a ...