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 ...

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 ...

The study was published in Science Translational Medicine. The human body hosts many different types of bacteria. These bacteria, known collectively as the body's microbiome, play major roles in ...

A world-renowned exhibit that gives visitors an unprecedented look inside the human body is now open at The Franklin ...

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 ...