Overlooked Organ-Like Structure in Human Body Found to Have Unique Functions March 28, 2018 ...

Researchers have discovered microplastics in several human organs, including the brain, lungs, liver, kidneys, heart, and gastrointestinal tract, raising significant health concerns. These ...

But many researchers have moved beyond printing with plastics and metals—printing with cells that then form living human tissues. No one has printed fully functional, transplantable human organs just ...

Scientists temporarily attached a pig’s kidney to a human body and watched it begin to work, a small step in the decades-long quest to one day use animal organs for life-saving transplants.

Tiny lab-grown organs connected by an artificial blood system on a 2-inch chip could greatly improve drug testing as part of a new project funded by $24 million from the U.S. Department of Defense.

The comparison between the human body and a city has been made before, but upon further reflection by one doctor, the human body more closely resembles the relatively modern concept of “smart ...