Children still account for the most deaths on the waitlist — an unnecessary result of complex guidelines that disadvantage ...

Scientists can now do research on live human organs without petri dishes or animal testing.

Chinese researchers have developed a new method to preserve tissues at cold temperatures, an advance that could extend the ...

The Futura Team represents the pulse of Futura’s editorial department, bringing together a collective expertise dedicated to the dissemination of scientific knowledge. Rather than the work of a single ...

A gene-edited pig liver has sustained a human patient for 171 days, marking the longest survival yet reported for a pig organ supporting a living person. The result extends pig-to-human ...

We like to think of ourselves as hardy Wisconsinites, capable of braving the bitter cold to enjoy life during the winter. But over the next few days, when forecasts predict wind chills as low as minus ...

ATLANTA — Tim Andrews was among the world's first recipients of a genetically modified pig kidney on year ago. Now, he is the first in that small group of pioneers ...

A deluge of research has painted a picture of our world being drowned in tiny, inescapable microplastics. Our guilt over plastic particles being found in even the most remote regions on Earth turned ...

Editor’s note: The images seen in the photos taken inside the oddities shop might be disturbing to some readers. Days before Jeremy Pauley reports to prison for transporting stolen human remains taken ...

One year ago, Tim Andrews was among the world’s first recipients of a genetically modified pig kidney. Now, he is the first in that small group of pioneers to go on ...

UT Southwestern is joining a federal agency and several academic medical centers in an ambitious effort to add functional human organs to the growing list of items that can be produced through 3D ...

Even if you think you learned everything that you needed to know way back in biology class, everyone has knowledge gaps. And often you’re not even aware that they exist. There are tons of things we ...