Even if you think you learned everything that you needed to know way back in biology class, everyone has knowledge gaps. And ...

Scientists mapping the human body at the cellular level keep running into the same surprise: beneath the apparent chaos of ...

Stanford bioengineer Mark Skylar-Scott writes about what he’s working on, how it could advance human health and well-being, and why universities are critical players in the nation’s innovation ...

Irish researchers confirm that the mesentery — a fold of membrane that connects the intestine to the abdomen — is its own continuous organ, and not a series of fragmented parts like experts had ...

There may be good reasons to object to using animals as living organ factories, including welfare concerns. But the rationale ...

Surgeons have now published the first report of a gene-edited pig liver transplanted into a person. The liver, which came from a genetically modified pig, appeared to stay active, producing bile and ...