Researchers preparing to scan a human heart from a donor. (ESRF/Stef Candé) A pioneering project has revealed the human body ...

A raft of research is recasting the thymus from a bit player to a potent regulator of aging and immune health.

"I’d say that while an astronaut could make it to Mars they might need dialysis on the way back," researchers said.

Just as the human body relies on organs such as the heart or liver for essential functions, cells depend on their own tiny ...

New research has shown that single blood vessel cells that appear in the earliest stages of lab-grown skin organoids have the ...

Animal-to-human organ transplants promise a future where survival no longer depends on another person’s death.

An organ once thought to become unimportant after childhood could actually be key to longer life, according to new research. The thymus is a small organ located behind the sternum and is known to play ...

The Human Organ Atlas gives an extremely detailed look at 56 human organs, scanned with the help of a particle accelerator.

Hibernation can vary by species. Martin says some hibernators, such as ground squirrels, rewarm—or wake up from hibernation from internal heating, rather than with the help of warm weather. This ...

New 3D images reveal the clitoris’s complex nerve network, highlighting long‑standing gaps in medical understanding of the female body. How big is the clitoris? Where exactly is it located? And how is ...