In the first human test, an enzyme-converted kidney was transplanted into a brain-dead recipient with family consent, ...

When cancer spreads, tiny amounts of cells can break away from tumors and circulate in the bloodstream. A liquid biopsy is a ...

Cedars-Sinai researchers created “young” immune cells from human stem cells that reversed cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s ...

The existence of different blood types is one of the most frustrating realities of human biology, offering very little in the ...

After a decade of work, researchers are closer than ever to a key breakthrough in kidney organ transplants - being able to ...

From alien-like carcasses to severed feet, and more, here are the weirdest and grossest things ever found on a beach, and the ...

Entrepreneurs aim to remove microplastics from the body, but the cost can be steep and the clinical benefit remains uncertain ...

Researchers have developed a new AI algorithm to automate the detection of a few cancer cells among millions of normal blood ...

The metabolic ceiling represents the maximum number of calories that a body can actually burn. For humans, it is believed to ...

Researchers at School of Medicine and Tufts Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences have found a surprising connection ...

It’s still early days. Nobody’s suggesting we’ll all start “breathing through our butts.” But medical innovation has a habit ...

DNA from a new Bartonella bacterium has been detected in sand flies in the Brazilian Amazon, similar to the strains that ...