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, each ...

The human body is a wonderful biological work of art, composed of a great many organs, each carrying out special functions that are part of life and well-being. Though the human body contains about 78 ...

New research published in the journal Nature Metabolism reveals that the human body undergoes notable and systematic changes across various organs during extended periods of fasting. Conducted by ...

Organs that can regenerate have fascinated researchers for decades. Learn what scientists know about the regeneration of human and animal organs. “Liver regeneration […] has fascinated clinicians, ...

While Alzheimer’s disease is mostly considered a disorder of the brain, emerging evidence suggests that the condition also affects other organs of the body. Working with the laboratory fruit fly, ...

Hangovers are a common aftermath of alcohol consumption, leaving many to wonder what exactly is happening inside their bodies. From the pounding headache to the queasy stomach, each symptom tells a ...

A newborn with with severe gastroschisis — her kidneys, stomach, liver, fallopian tubes, intestines, and ovaries were outside of her body — improved within a few weeks A baby born with her organs ...

Two years into the pandemic, we have learned that COVID is not just a respiratory illness. It affects other body organs too. The incidence of COVID on other body organs is so adverse that sometimes ...

A new study reversed transplant rejection twice, uncovering the reasons for transplant rejection on a cellular level ...

At an international conference, researchers at the forefront of animal-human transplantation compared notes and allowed ...