It serves as a very important barrier between the body and bacteria, chemicals, and temperature. Healthline reports that the top five largest organs in the human body are: The liver is the body ...

After years of research into xenotransplantation, the field is at a turning point—yet risks and ethical issues remain ...

Recent studies from major medical centers reveal that reproductive health concerns among radiology department staff occur at rates 25-percent higher than ...

The compound that gives fruits, vegetables, and flowers their color counteracts the toxicity of microplastics, a new study ...

A study published last month in Nature Plants describes shared biochemical pathways involved in vitamin B6 levels that link ...

But new “organs-on-chips” technology is emulating ... a static environment that doesn’t let cells behave as if they are in the human body. Cilia inside the lung-chip. Microscope image ...

Much like humans generate mountains of garbage, our cells are constantly discarding proteins that are damaged or no longer ...

Just as the human body serves as a habitat for bacteria and other microbes, diverse, tiny organisms known as protists host their own microbiomes. "We know there are many symbionts in the world ...

Israeli researchers have discovered a surprising immune defense role of the proteasome, a cellular structure known for ...