The first successful human transplant of a kidney converted from blood type A to universal type O used special enzymes developed at the University of British Columbia to help prevent a mismatch and ...

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The human body is a wonderous thing, especially when you consider how intricate and efficient each bodily system is. For instance, an adult’s blood vessels could encircle the earth 2.5 times if ...

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 ...

In a recent study published in Nature, researchers systematically mapped the surface proteins on human leukocytes to examine interactions between their cell-surface proteomes and develop a physical ...

Researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine recently joined a nationwide NIH-funded initiative to create the first comprehensive digital map of the healthy human body.

University of Manchester provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. The average body contains about 37 trillion cells – and we are in the midst of a revolutionary quest to understand what ...