All four patients who received pig organs to replace their diseased organs have now died, though researchers involved in these transplants say they will keep trying to improve this alternative source ...

The scene at OneLegacy in Azusa on a recent Friday morning would have been familiar to anyone who’s been in a hospital intensive care unit. Three adults were tucked into hospital beds, still and ...

Engineered organs could put an end to transplant waiting lists. eGenesis, Makana Therapeutics, United Therapeutics 10 to 15 years For two months last year, a 57-year-old man named David Bennett lived ...

Your anatomy operates like a machine, it's success hinging on the work of over 70 organs, each with a unique function. From the heart's blood-pumping ability to the liver's filtering power, each ...

Artificial organs – grown in the lab and transplanted into someone’s body – have been on the horizon for some years now. They present many challenges but, if we can overcome them, they will open up ...

Research suggests some parts of the body age faster than others to the point that they even outlive their owners. Could understanding this better help us to live longer? It was a desperate situation.

The average newborn is about 20 inches long and weighs almost 8 pounds. This might seem small compared with a full-grown adult, but when you consider how closely your organs are normally packed ...

You could be 45 on paper but 60 in your kidneys. “The fact that [the researchers] can create an organ age using proteins — and use it to predict diseases that you would expect to be predicted from ...

The demand for organ donors far outstrips the supply. In this week's Scrubbing Up, Martin Wilkinson, a visiting professor at Keele University and former chairman of the New Zealand Bioethics Council, ...