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 ...

Skin is the body's largest organ and, along with hair, nails, and skin-associated nerves and glands, is part of the integumentary system, according to the National Library of Medicine (NLM). This ...

As cardiovascular research continues to evolve, new ways of understanding circulation are expanding how clinicians think ...

Water sustains every system in our bodies, yet many people unknowingly live in a state of chronic mild dehydration. While thirst remains the most obvious indicator of dehydration, your skin often ...

Within minutes of the final heartbeat, a cascade of biochemical events triggered by a lack of blood flow, oxygen, and nutrients begins to destroy a body's cells and organs. A team of scientists has ...

You might celebrate one birthday each year, but inside your body, different organs are marching to their own biological drums. That number on your driver’s license? It’s just a rough average that ...

Biomedical engineers have developed a silk-based, ultrathin membrane that can be used in organ-on-a-chip models to better mimic the natural environment of cells and tissues within the body. When used ...

This article was originally republished from The Conversation. Bringing a new drug to market costs billions of dollars and can take over a decade. These high monetary and time investments are both ...