If a pig embryo infused with human cells truly became something close enough to count as a member of the human species, then ...

This breakthrough represents a big step toward creating animal hybrids capable of growing human-compatible organs, easing the ...

This article was originally republished from The Conversation. Bringing a new drug to market costs billions of dollars and can take over a decade. These high monetary and time investments are both ...

What are organoids and how are they developed? How can they be used to help people and what are the advantages of using them?

Bringing a new drug to market costs billions of dollars and can take over a decade. These high monetary and time investments are both strong contributors to today’s skyrocketing healthcare costs and ...

In a lab at Rice University in Houston, a tiny 3D-printed model works like a part of a human lung: When air is pumped into the model, red blood cells take up oxygen as they flow through 3D-printed ...

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 ...

Your anatomy operates like a machine, it's success hinging on the work of over 70 organs, each with a unique function. From the heart's blood-pumping ability to the liver's filtering power, each ...

An organ is a group of tissues that work together to perform a specific task in the body, such as digesting nutrients or producing chemical messengers that enable brain cells to communicate. Although ...