Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. The skin is the largest organ in the body. It is an external rather than an internal organ. According to National Geographic, the average ...

An animated sequence which tours the human body, picturing and naming the major organs. The job of each organ is briefly explained. The brain, heart, lungs, stomach, liver, kidneys, intestines and ...

Organs grown outside the body will transform medicine, Atala predicts, but spurring repair and regrowth within the body will be just as important. He and other scientists foresee injecting healthy ...

How close are we to bioprinting internal organs? Today’s technology is not ... and was able to be transplanted into the patient’s body. The bioprinted support will eventually break down ...

A new study finds microplastics in nearly every organ of stranded sea turtles, including their reproductive systems.

So, before you reach for that next can of cola, consider this study in the Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry that shows the effects such drinks have on individual organs, as well as overall physical ...

The vagus nerve, the longest nerve in the body, originates in the brainstem ... lungs, and other internal organs so that you can focus attention on other matters. It is the duty of the vagus ...

An animated sequence which tours the human body, picturing and naming the major organs. The job of each organ is briefly explained. The brain, heart, lungs, stomach, liver, kidneys, intestines and ...