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 ...

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 ...

Researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine recently joined a nationwide NIH-funded initiative to create the first ...

Biological sex is usually described in simple binary terms: male or female. This works well for germ cells (sperm versus eggs ...

The human body is one of the most complex creations of nature. From school biology lessons, we learn about organs, cells, and ...

The bestselling science author spent time at the University of Michigan's Extracorporeal Life Support Lab studying how scientists are working to extend organ viability outside the body.

I've done about 15 actual human body dissections as part of my ongoing professional training as an anatomist. You can become a bit desensitised to it, although people ask, "How do you put up with the ...