This Valentine’s Day, as we exchange stylised hearts in celebration of love, we might pause to remember that the power of the ...

A review of human heart models—cardiac organoids and organ chips—showed that each method has unique advantages in different research contexts, including cardiac disease modeling and drug development.

Scientists are starting to understand more about the small heart muscle fibers that Da Vinci showed in his illustrations over ...

The ancient Greek philosopher and polymath Aristotle once concluded that the human heart is tri-chambered and that it was the ...

An animated sequence which tours the human body, picturing and naming the major organs. The job of each organ is briefly explained. The brain, heart, lungs, stomach, liver, kidneys, intestines and ...

The small trial will help to establish whether kidneys from genetically modified pigs can be transplanted into people safely and effectively.

However, bioprinting fully functional organs remains a significant hurdle ... better replicating adult human heart structure. We are excited to build on this shape-morphing approach in our ...

the human immune system recognizes transplanted organs as foreign objects and tries to eliminate them. First pig-to-human heart transplant: what can scientists learn? Immunologist and surgeon ...