Even if you think you learned everything that you needed to know way back in biology class, everyone has knowledge gaps. And ...

Scientists mapping the human body at the cellular level keep running into the same surprise: beneath the apparent chaos of ...

Irish researchers confirm that the mesentery — a fold of membrane that connects the intestine to the abdomen — is its own continuous organ, and not a series of fragmented parts like experts had ...

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 ...

Stanford bioengineer Mark Skylar-Scott writes about what he’s working on, how it could advance human health and well-being, and why universities are critical players in the nation’s innovation ...

Surgeons have now published the first report of a gene-edited pig liver transplanted into a person. The liver, which came from a genetically modified pig, appeared to stay active, producing bile and ...

There may be good reasons to object to using animals as living organ factories, including welfare concerns. But the rationale ...