Doctors in China have become the first to report details about a transplant of a genetically modified pig liver into a human. The liver was transplanted last year into a person who was brain-dead, and ...

In Greek mythology, Zeus punished Prometheus for stealing fire and giving it to humanity. Chained to a rock, Prometheus was ...

If scientists could shrink themselves to microscopic size and take a journey through the human body—like the submarine crew in the 1966 science fiction classic "Fantastic Voyage"—one of their first ...

"The heart pumps blood," "The lungs breathe." Even if you know that much, can you explain in detail what each organ actually ...

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), manmade chemicals that accumulate in the body over time, have been linked to liver disease and cancer, but it is not yet clear how they cause damage.

We’ve reached a new frontier in organ transplantation. In a medical first, scientists announced this week that they successfully kept a genetically modified pig liver functioning inside a human ...

If you’ve been piling avocado on your toast or blending it into your morning smoothie, here’s some extra good news, your liver probably loves you for it. Avocados aren’t just delicious, trendy, and ...

Chinese scientists have, for the first time, reversed acute liver failure using a gene-edited pig liver kept outside the patient’s body. The procedure was announced Feb. 4 by Xijing Hospital, an ...

As seen by the naked eye, the liver has four lobes: right lobe, left lobe, caudate lobe, and quadrate lobe. This lobe division is based on surface features. When looking at the front of the liver, the ...