An organ is a group of tissues that work together to perform a specific task in the body, such as digesting nutrients or producing chemical messengers that enable brain cells to communicate. Although ...

Three studies published in one of the most respected medical journals paint a vivid picture of how ultra-processed foods are ...

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 ...

For more than a century, medical students have memorized the same map of the human body, confident that every major structure ...

How major organs work together to manage extreme physiological stresses such as lack of oxygen and sleep has been mapped for the first time by researchers from UCL and the University of Portsmouth.

The researchers published their findings on the procedure in the journal Nature. Lead author Nenad Sestan told a group of reporters on Tuesday that the research could help open new doors in organ ...

KUWAIT CITY, Nov 19: Ultra-processed foods (UPFs) are linked to damage in every major organ system of the human body and pose a major threat to global health, according to the world’s largest ...

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 ...

The future of life-saving treatments may be just a chip off the ‘ole blood sample. Scientists at Columbia University have created a set of real — and really tiny — human organs that interact on a chip ...