These approaches allow scientists to study human organs during health and disease at a level of accuracy that was impossible with animal models. As such, it is hoped that they will help expedite ...

Patients often are in the dark about which organs remain and which were removed — particularly the ovaries, which profoundly influence lifelong health. Patients often are in the dark about which ...

Marine biologists have documented a remarkable hunting strategy employed by killer whales in the southern Gulf of California, in which they harvest whale sharks' organs. Researchers in Mexico have ...

A mortuary technician has managed to make a whole lot of people shudder with her explanation of what happens to your organs after you die. “During a postmortem examination, people seem to think ...

HHS initially proposed the rule change in September. Health officials say they hope the final rule will expand access to critical organs and reduce stigma associated with HIV “by increasing the ...

(AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) People with HIV who need a kidney or liver transplant will be able to receive an organ from a donor with HIV under a new rule announced Tuesday by U.S. health officials.

It has opened up a new area of research into what scientists are calling “organ aging,” which looks at how different parts of our bodies seem to start aging earlier than others, affecting what ...

Pig organs have been partially revived an hour after the animals were killed, in a breakthrough with the potential to transform medicine, say US researchers. The technique could increase the ...