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Three studies published in one of the most respected medical journals paint a vivid picture of how ultra-processed foods are ...

For more than a century, medical students have memorized the same map of the human body, confident that every major structure ...

The development and eventual approval of modern drugs is hugely reliant on animal models and human clinical trials, but for some time now scientists have been working on an alternative and more ...

A new study reversed transplant rejection twice, uncovering the reasons for transplant rejection on a cellular level ...

In their summary, the scientists say previous research has mostly used existing structures of rat cells to grow their organlike environments. They explain: “Whereas previous studies recellularized ...

Surgical instruments and supplies lie on a table during a kidney transplant surgery in 2016 at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington. (Molly Riley/AP) I concur with the March 28 ...

An organ is a group of tissues that work together to perform a specific task in the body, such as digesting nutrients or producing chemical messengers that enable brain cells to communicate. Although ...

Absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion (ADME) are four main processes that demonstrate how a drug behaves after being administered. Therefore, ADME is key in defining a compound’s ...

Your anatomy operates like a machine, it's success hinging on the work of over 70 organs, each with a unique function. From the heart's blood-pumping ability to the liver's filtering power, each ...

In a successful transplant in a man with brain death, scientists prevented the immune system from attacking a genetically ...