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 ...

An animated sequence which tours the human body, picturing and naming the major organs. The job of each organ is briefly explained. The brain, heart, lungs, stomach, liver, kidneys, intestines and ...

Recently, scientists at Stanford University began to wonder why identical lab mice, bred with the same DNA and brought up in ...

An animated sequence which tours the human body, picturing and naming the major organs. The job of each organ is briefly explained. The brain, heart, lungs, stomach, liver, kidneys, intestines and ...

The skin is the largest organ of the human body, covering about 2 square meters, and acts as a protective layer for everything inside the body.

Scientists focused on certain organs — plotting the jobs of cells in the mouth, stomach and intestines, as well as cells that ...

The Human Organ Transplantation Act 1999 has been enacted in Bangladesh to prevent commercial organ trade. Section 2A of the ...

One day, doctors might be able to 3D print copies of your organs in order to test a variety of drugs, thanks to a new technique that uses light and sound for rapid printing ...

Surgeons have just connected a pig's kidney to a human body. The clamps have been released and human blood is now flowing into the pig organ. "You could have heard a pin drop," says transplant ...