A surgical robot has successfully removed pig gallbladders in a lab setting without any hands-on help during the actual surgery steps.

A new study reveals that our organs age at different speeds, and those differences can predict future disease risk and even ...

Unlike the brain and spinal cord, peripheral nerve cells, whose long extensions reach the skin and internal organs, are ...

Maintaining good overall health is key to living a long life, but we may want to particularly focus on the state of our brain ...

With the clearance, Mendaera is starting a limited launch of Focalist with select medical institutions this year.

What happens inside your body when you're tired, out of breath, or oxygen-deprived? A new study by researchers at the ...

The surge is, by all accounts, due to a regulation that took effect in 2021 focused on groups called organ procurement organizations (OPOs). You probably haven’t heard of OPOs, but if you or anyone ...

These dynamic cells don't work alone, they coordinate their movements using a communication system previously ... insights into how organs form and what can go wrong with developmental disorders. Due ...

Pulse Why India’s organ donation system needs an urgent fix Despite rising pledges, gaps in healthcare infrastructure, ventilator access and communication leave thousands of pledged organs unused ...

By some metrics, the organ donation and transplantation system in the U.S. does more transplants than any other country. According to data compiled by the Global Observatory on Donation and ...

When it comes to the biggest organ in the human body, most would think it's the lungs or the brain, but the actual answer may surprise you.

It also overlooks the landmark 2022 National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine report on modernizing the organ donation system. This was a report mandated by Congress, yet it ...