The quest to grow functional human organs in animal hosts has made significant strides, marking a revolutionary leap in regenerative medicine and transplantation. This groundbreaking research offers ...

Findings show that shellfish, beer, salt, and even produce carry some of the highest concentrations of microplastics in the ...

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 ...

Biotech startup eGenesis developed a gene-edited kidney that was successfully transplanted into a living patient last week. Its CEO says the company is just getting started. Last Thursday, surgeons at ...

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 ...

Medics have transplanted a pig liver into a human in a world first. The patient, a 71-year-old man, lived for almost half a year after the procedure.

Science writer Mary Roach is fascinated by the human body, especially, she says, the "gooey bits and pieces of us that are performing miracles on a daily basis." Take the human heart, for instance. If ...

The first person in the world to have a heart transplant from a genetically modified pig was David Bennett. The operation ...

The patient lived with part of a pig liver for 38 days before surgeons removed it, surviving 171 total days after the ...