As age increases, the pancreas changes, which increases the risk of metabolic diseases such as type 2 diabetes, digestive ...

Heart disease is a leading killer in India. According to the World Health Organization, about 27 % of all deaths in India are ...

Scientists at the University of North Texas report a breakthrough in building tiny, lab-grown replicas of human organs.

Researchers have developed brain-on-a-chip technology that uses human tissue to model how the brain’s protective barrier ...

Guided by heat and pressure, a vine-like robot slips through arteries and engines, navigates where humans and tools can’t.

For those with kidney failure, a transplant is often the greatest promise of a healthier, longer life. Yet thousands wait ...

In a first-in-human experiment, an enzyme-converted kidney was transplanted into a brain-dead recipient. For two days, the ...

Apples are tasty, low-cost, and nutritious. Eating apples may help lower blood pressure, improve cholesterol and blood sugar, ...

Your heart pumps blood from your head to your toes, provides cells with fresh oxygen, and removes waste products. Located in ...

To explore possible treatments for various diseases, either animal models or human cell cultures are usually used first; however, animal models do not always mimic human diseases well, and cultures ...

UBC-developed enzymes successfully converted a kidney to universal type O for transplant, marking a major step toward faster, ...