Scientists are learning how the brain knows what’s happening throughout the body, and how that process might go awry in some ...

For more than a century, medical students have memorized the same map of the human body, confident that every major structure ...

Medical science has pushed the boundary of survival so far that the moment of death no longer looks like a clean line.

Much like our other organs, our skin begins to age from the moment we are born. Here's how you can look after your skin while ...

Scientists have identified the tongue as a unique biometric marker with diagnostic potential. This discovery could transform ...

In a successful transplant in a man with brain death, scientists prevented the immune system from attacking a genetically modified pig kidney for 61 days, the longest such an experiment has lasted ...

(CNN) — Doctors at New York University say two new studies show that they are a significant step closer to making kidney transplants from other species a real option in the near future. Scientists ...

Researchers collaborating on a BRAIN Initiative project unveiled the most comprehensive map of developing mammalian brains to ...

A tiny patch placed on the outside of the heart may someday help it heal itself after a heart attack, instead of slowly ...

Nick Jacobson won a settlement after sepsis nearly killed him in jail. Now he's using that money to help other inmates access ...

Researchers have uncovered and then overcome an obstacle that has led to the failure of pioneering efforts in xenotransplantation, in which an animal kidney is transplanted into a human.

Researchers have successfully grown platinum crystals in liquid metal, using a powerful X-ray technique giving rare insight ...