A radical treatment that "rinses" organs and then implants them with patients' DNA is being hailed as a solution to the transplant crisis. picked by AutumnLotus 8 months ago

University of Manchester researchers have transformed fat tissue stem cells into nerve cells — and now plan to develop an artificial nerve that will bring damaged limbs and organs back to life. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago

The case of a man whose heart stopped beating for 90 minutes only to revive just as doctors were preparing to remove his organs for transplants is fuelling ethical debates in France about when a person is dead. picked by AutumnLotus 1 month ago

Authorities found a rental truck filled with rotting fish, cow parts and pig organs. Four University of Arizona students had rented the truck and collected the smelly cargo intending to dump it on someone’s front lawn as a prank. picked by BrownTrout 1 year ago

A number of organ donation groups said Monday that they are unaware of new Health Canada regulations that mean sexually active gay men, injection drug users and other groups considered high risk will no longer be accepted as organ donors. picked by muppet 7 months ago

Zach Dunlap says he feels "pretty good," four months after he was declared brain dead and doctors were about to remove his organs for transplant. picked by buddha 4 months ago

Ugh picked by moe 5 months ago

Sunday's Editorial page asked Tribune readers to respond to that question. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Police in Vienna are interrogating a man suspected of murdering a fellow homeless man and possibly eating his organs. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago

A common retort to the idea of an "intelligent design" is that the design of our organs isn't very intelligent. Denialism ask how would you redesign the various organs. picked by 2manyusernames 9 months ago

Transparent frogs will prove useful as laboratory animals because they make it easier and cheaper to observe the development and progress of cancer, the growth and aging of internal organs, and the effects of chemicals on organs picked by Dangerman 10 months ago

The drugs were prescribed "to accelerate Mr Navarro's death in order to recover his organs." picked by misswinkle 12 months ago

The lastest market to boom in China has been the sale of organs from excuted prisoners to overseas buyers. picked by Teaya21 2 years ago

Then there’s your vomeronasal organ. It senses pheromones, and alters your behavior, hormones, and who knows what else. With alcohol, it causes paternity suits. With lower mammals, it causes paternity without lawyers. *LINK FIXED TO CORRECT* picked by DrNothing 9 months ago

Argosy's Visible Body is the most comprehensive human anatomy visualization tool available today. This entirely Web-delivered application offers an unparalleled understanding of human anatomy. The Visible Body includes 3D models of over 1,700 anatomical structures, including all major organs and systems of the human body. picked by extc68 5 months ago

Japan has just invented another way of eating, where a “body” is made from food and placed on an operating table, much as though in a hospital. You can operate anyway and anywhere you want by cutting open the body and eating what you find inside. The body will actually bleed as you cut it and the intestines and organs inside are completely edible picked by wookiee 11 months ago

Laura Moon, a rare teenage girl with four kidneys has vowed to donate her extra organs after hearing about the plight of a three-year-old cancer sufferer. picked by mitzuzake 5 months ago

A man whose double lung transplant operation was stopped after a plane carrying his new organs crashed into Lake Michigan, killing the entire crew, has received a second set of lungs. picked by VooDooPeacock 1 year ago

You’re dying of kidney failure, and your wife is dying of massive injuries sustained during a car crash. Just as she passes away, she tells you to take her kidneys after she is gone. She dies. Are the kidneys yours? picked by Bornbad 2 years ago

Dust that covers your television set contains a chemical called flame retardant that interferes with the normal functioning of nervous system and hormonal function, may also harm reproductive organs and was found to cause cancer picked by maxriter 2 months ago