The human body is a wonderful biological work of art, composed of a great many organs, each carrying out special functions that are part of life and well-being. Though the human body contains about 78 ...

An organ is a group of tissues that work together to perform a specific task in the body, such as digesting nutrients or producing chemical messengers that enable brain cells to communicate. Although ...

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 ...

Scientists report on their identification of a previously undetected, but widespread, structural feature in the human body that could play a key role in how tissues and organs function, and also ...

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Even as the pandemic virus SARS-CoV-2 has begun to subside, and now causes fewer infections and deaths compared to the heights of the crisis, many people are dealing with major, lingering effects ...

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

Death is not a singular moment, but rather a process that marks the body's transition from life to the unknown. While the image of death is often portrayed as sudden, especially in cases of cardiac ...