Scientists have created a set of real -- and really tiny -- human organs on a chip, both genetically and physically linked like the human body. Columbia Engineering / SWNS The future of life-saving ...

Over the past 150 years, researchers have seen the average human body temperature drop by more than half a degree Fahrenheit (-0.3 °C). In a new study from the University of Michigan, scientists ...

Scientists mapping the human body at the cellular level keep running into the same surprise: beneath the apparent chaos of tissues and organs, there is a hidden order that looks a lot like pure ...

Scientists have uncovered a direct molecular mechanism by which gut bacteria inject proteins into human cells, reshaping immune responses and potentially driving inflammatory disease. Scientists have ...

Despite existing in the food safety danger zone, the living human body does not go bad. Like in a tower defense game, our body is picking off invaders on multiple fronts at all times. The mitochondria ...

Many body parts can be transplanted or replaced with artificial equivalents, including corneas, livers, hearts, joints, and even entire faces. This technology will improve by leaps and bounds ...

The process of dying usually begins with the failure of one or more of the three vital organs. The process of dying usually begins with the failure of one or more of the three vital organs: the heart, ...