The rigors of space travel could accelerate changes in the human body usually associated with aging. According to a new study ...

For those with kidney failure, a transplant is often the greatest promise of a healthier, longer life. Yet thousands wait ...

NASA's AVATAR study will send Emulate organ chips containing human cells on the Artemis II mission to study how deep space ...

Scientists found that microplastics can change the bacteria living in our gut. These changes may affect digestion, immunity, ...

A brand-new engineering approach to generate "designer" biological robots using human lung cells is underway in Carnegie Mellon University's Ren lab. Referred to as AggreBots, these microscale living ...

The first ever transplantation of a pig's liver into a living person helps us better understand how animal organs can be used ...

A Dutch start-up has created a biodegradable "living coffin" made of a fungus, instead of wood, which it says can convert a decomposing human body into key nutrients for plants.

Canadian researchers reveal the human body emits faint light, known as biophoton emission, during life which vanishes at death.