More than 100,000 Americans are waiting for an organ transplant, and Minnesota researchers think pigs could help them. Miromatrix Medical Inc., an Eden Prairie biotechnology company, works to create ...

The Human Organ Transplantation Act 1999 has been enacted in Bangladesh to prevent commercial organ trade. Section 2A of the Act says that no hospital can transplant human organs without ...

an effort to map the human body cell by cell. The human body contains around 36 trillion to 37 trillion cells, and researchers are mapping out where every one of those cells lives. Scientists with ...

Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Getty. BRCA mutations are inextricably linked with breasts, but they can also lead to cancer in the pancreas, the prostate, and maybe more parts of the body.

(Nathan Richoz/Clatworthy Lab/University of Cambridge via AP) Researchers have created an early map of some of the human body’s estimated 37.2 trillion cells. Each type of cell has a unique role, and ...

A rapid form of 3D printing that uses sound and light could one day produce copies of human organs made from a person’s own cells, allowing for a range of drug tests. Traditional 3D printers ...

Nov. 25, 2024 — A groundbreaking method to profile gene activity in the living human brain has been developed. This innovative approach opens new avenues for understanding and treating ...

Another key area of focus is organoids, tiny lab-grown models of human organs. Researchers found that brain organoids closely resemble real fetal brains up to the second trimester. Muzlifah ...

The driver of the gang was eventually caught by the public, who beat him. The incident was filmed and the video uploaded to social media amid allegations of the gang harvesting human organs. Stories ...

When your organ systems are working properly, they help your body stay in balance and maintain your health. Oregon State University. Structural organization of the human body. Hutchins J, Burr J, ...

An ambitious plan to map all 37 trillion cells in the human body is transforming understanding of how our bodies work, scientists report. The received wisdom said we were built from around 200 ...

By creating the first spatial atlas of the developing human thymus, a vital organ that trains immune cells to protect against infections and cancer, scientists have discovered that the foundation ...