The growth of new segments (body parts) in marine worms is controlled by a special growth zone, in which special stem cells are located. New segments then emerge by the division of these cells.

However, regenerating complete organs and body parts is beyond the scope of human biology. Nevertheless, in recent years, scientists have successfully grown a range of replica human body parts in ...

The objective of this module is to use LEDs and blink patterns to demonstrate normal bodily functions in the brain, heart, lungs, and kidneys, and then use buttons to demonstrate various genetic ...

Organ and tissue donations are regulated by the federal government, but that doesn’t extended to whole bodies — creating an unregulated market where corpses can be resold by body brokers.

It might look like something you'd find in an alien salad, but this bizarre sea slug can actually steal body parts from other organisms and use their powers for itself. The lettuce sea slug (Elysia ...

An ambitious project launched in 2016 has made a dent in one of biology’s greatest challenges — with more than 3,600 researchers profiling more than 100 million cells.

Four people have been arrested after the dismembered body parts of a London scientist for the prestigious Royal Society of ...

The body broker arrived to pick up Jim Stauffer’s mother within 45 minutes of her death. Stauffer wanted to donate his mom’s body to science, hoping that the Biological Resource Center in ...

In August of 2016, eBay banned the sale of real human body parts, with the exception of scalp hair, in its marketplace. Notably, human skulls still pop up occasionally on eBay, and there are still ...

One of the plaintiffs in the case, Jim Stauffer, donated the body of his mother, Doris, who had Alzheimer's, to the center after she passed in 2013. He hoped that it could help find a cure for the ...

TLC's new medical series Body Parts will have viewers grabbing for tissues — and PEOPLE ... Vest says she came upon anaplastology "by accident" while following her dual loves for art and biology.

An ambitious project launched in 2016 has made a dent in one of biology’s greatest challenges — with more than 3,600 researchers profiling more than 100 million cells.