As the Trump administration phases out the use of animal experimentation across the federal government, a biotech startup has a bold idea for an alternative to animal testing: nonsentient “organ sacks ...

Imagine what brain surgeons could do with a three-dimensional (3D)-printed model of the brain. Not a structural model printed in plastic and uniform throughout, but one that mirrors the heterogeneity ...

Over time, plastics break into smaller and smaller fragments called microplastics and — when they’re invisible to the naked eye — nanoplastics. The human body’s mechanisms ...

Feel like your body needs a reset? What if we told you that you can ‘detox’ for free by leveraging your body’s natural waste ...

In total, about a quarter of adults in the United States have seasonal allergies, and they can become sensitized over a ...

Since the first artificial kidney was developed in the 1940s, scientists have continued to engineer life-saving and research field-transforming artificial organs, devices, and tissues. In this article ...

LANSING, Mich. (WILX) - University of Michigan Health-Sparrow will receive an award Wednesday for its efforts in giving patients a second chance at life through organ and tissue donation. In 2025, the ...

Congress demands answers after near-fatal mistakes in organ recovery flag potential systematic failure and threaten faith in donation. The U.S. is developing new safeguards for the organ transplant ...

The next surprise was that human organoids just kept growing. Mouse organoids were done with making neurons within nine days.

After a decade-long quest to fill a major gap in basic biology, UChicago scientists have built a complete map of how cells ...

The human body is often described as a marvel of "perfect design": elegant, efficient and finely tuned for its purpose. Yet, ...

Human anatomy is far from complete, with ongoing discoveries reshaping understanding of variation, structure, and disease.