These advances have made it possible for scientists to create pigs with organs that are more compatible with human biology, ...

Bone can heal itself, but not always in the ways we expect. Some animals regrow entire limbs. Others, like humans, can only ...

Science journalist and self-proclaimed eco-nerd Ziya Tong had her home, food and body tested for microplastics while making ...

According to three Stanford scientists, lack of human biological material is a “major bottleneck to progress” for medical ...

Human biology is not black and white. Although newborns are typically categorized as male or female at birth based on visible ...

A genetically modified porcine liver has been successfully transplanted into a human subject, constituting a historic ...

Often compared to a computer, the body's most complex organ operates using a code of electrical and chemical signals. These signals transmit through wires, nodes and networks to process and store ...

Nitisinone was shown to last longer than ivermectin in the human bloodstream, and was able to kill not only mosquitoes of all ages -- including the older ones that are most likely to transmit malaria ...

While bones can regrow themselves when they break, teeth aren’t so lucky, and that leads to millions of people worldwide suffering from some form of edentulism, a.k.a. toothlessness. Now ...