A new Yale study reveals that major organ systems in the body aren't just passive structures operating on directions from ...

Giulia Enders made her name with Gut, an exploration of our intestines. Now, in the compelling follow-up Organ Speak, she’s ...

Sugar in the diet can alter the gut microbiome (the community of microbes in the gut) and disrupt its balance, leading to several negative health effects. Much of the research on how sugar affects the ...

A novel 3D-printed confined culture system has enabled researchers to generate larger, more advanced human gastrointestinal ...

By developing their own functional nerves, these organoids demonstrate how engineering principles can drive biological ...

A University of Bath-led project has now secured £500,000 to create a first-of-its-kind organ-on-chip device designed to replicate these organ connections and track how signals move between them. The ...

As a former surgeon and U.S. representative who led the passage of the Securing the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network Act, I am committed to ensuring the future of our nation’s organ ...

The digestive system is like a big food factory inside our bodies. Its job is to break down the food we eat into smaller pieces so that our bodies can absorb the nutrients from the food to help us ...

When Raven Kinser walked into a Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles office two summers ago, she completed a driver's license application that included the option to register as an organ donor. The ...

Axolotls are famous for their ability to regrow significant parts of their bodies. But according to recent research, these frilly-headed salamanders, which are native to lakes and wetlands around ...

At first glance, it might not seem like people have much in common with deer. But a strange discovery about how their antlers regenerate is lifting the lid on the unseen ways that our bodies work, too ...