When the human body gets hurt, most tissues heal—skin closes over a wound, bone heals itself. But not all organs heal that ...

An NIH-supported initiative seeks to unravel how the nervous system tracks and regulates the body’s internal organs. How does ...

In a groundbreaking first, doctors transplanted a genetically engineered pig liver into a living patient, marking a significant advancement in xenotra ...

In “Replaceable You,” Mary Roach describes mind-boggling efforts to replace human body parts—and why it’s proven to be so ...

The body's tissues can get injured in many ways, but while some injuries heal perfectly, others don't heal at all. A cut in ...

The transplanted portion of the genetically modified pig liver was removed after 38 days, and the patient, who had advanced ...

Chinese and Canadian scientists report organ with blood type A converted to universal type O in donor-centric approach ...

We all know there's a heart in the body; we've been reading about it since childhood. As long as it beats, humans live. Let's ...

Although we might feel otherwise in the moment, no part of our body is static, everything is changing and regenerating, some ...

Doctors in China say they transplanted a genetically modified pig liver into a 71-year-old man who lived 171 days after the ...