As plastic waste continues to build up in the environment, researchers are beginning to uncover how it could be quietly ...

NEW YORK (KGO) -- Researchers claim to have discovered a new organ in the human body. It's not a distinct, well-defined organ like the heart, liver, or even the skin. Scientists say this newfound ...

This article was originally republished from The Conversation. Bringing a new drug to market costs billions of dollars and can take over a decade. These high monetary and time investments are both ...

We all know there's a heart in the body; we've been reading about it since childhood. As long as it beats, humans live. Let's ...

The Human Organs Anatomy Reference app combines all the information found in unwieldy textbooks or pricey competitor apps into one free, easily accessible place. The app is organized based on organ ...

Researchers have identified a network of fluid-filled spaces surrounded by connective tissue that fills the spaces between our organs, surrounding and potentially protecting our insides throughout the ...

In biology, an organ is a collection of tissues joined in a structural unit to serve a common function. There is a "main" tissue, parenchyma, and "sporadic" tissues, stroma. The main tissue is the one ...

Scientists temporarily attached a pig’s kidney to a human body and watched it begin to work, a small step in the decades-long quest to one day use animal organs for life-saving transplants. Pigs have ...

Scientists temporarily attached a pig’s kidney to a human body and watched it begin to work, a small step in the decades-long quest to one day use animal organs for life-saving transplants.Pigs have ...