Your kidneys do this automatically by passing your blood through millions of filtering units called nephrons, which have two main parts: the glomerulus and the tubule. The glomerulus is made up of ...

Your body is with you 24/7. But how often do you actually stop to think about what it’s doing? Probably not much—and honestly, that’s for the best. Because the more you dig into how it really works, ...

(CNN) — Doctors at New York University say two new studies show that they are a significant step closer to making kidney transplants from other species a real option in the near future. Scientists ...

Thanks to millions of years of evolution, the human body has become well versed in its developmental processes. Most of the time, it gives us the correct number of organs and structures that we need ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists continue to make progress with research on how well pig organs might perform in humans, and now they’re ready for the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A recent study achieved a landmark breakthrough in pig-to-human kidney xenotransplantation by studying the immune system's ...

One of the biggest hurdles they have to overcome is the body’s tendency to reject an organ transplant. New studies published Thursday in the journal Nature offer more information on how to prevent the ...