Organ system is a group of organs that work with one another in order to perform a particular task or set of tasks. Various organ systems of the Human Body are Digestive System, Circulatory System, ...

The human body has 78 organs, with the brain, heart, kidneys, liver, and lungs considered vital for survival. The article details their key functions and unique facts.

The development and eventual approval of modern drugs is hugely reliant on animal models and human clinical trials, but for some time now scientists have been working on an alternative and more ...

Your anatomy operates like a machine, it's success hinging on the work of over 70 organs, each with a unique function. From the heart's blood-pumping ability to the liver's filtering power, each ...

Using a new microscopic technique, a team of scientists has identified a previously unknown human anatomical feature. Dubbed the interstitium, the discovery reveals that what was previously thought to ...

Doctors at New York University say two new studies show that they are a significant step closer to making cross-species kidney transplants a real option in the near future.

Back in 2012, DARPA wanted to create a version of the human body that could be put onto a series of chips: a collection of 10 separate organs connected with blood vessel-type structures and regulated ...

At an international conference, researchers at the forefront of animal-human transplantation compared notes and allowed ...

New comprehensive multi-organ-on-a-Chip (Organ Chip) platform helps in effective in-vitro-to-in-vivo translation (IVIVT) of human drug pharmacology. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ...