Scientists in the Netherlands believe they have identified a previously undiscovered pair of salivary glands.
Scientists have discovered what is thought to be the oldest known person with this rare congenital condition.
The research aims to solve donor organ shortages by making it possible to grow human organs inside sheep.
Special humanoid robots could soon be used to help grow replacement skin, bones and organs for patients.
It is hoped that the technique will help to solve the worldwide shortage of human organs for transplant.
Scientists have been creating human-animal hybrids to help meet the growing demand for donor organs.
A new study has shown that spending time in space can affect both male and female reproductive organs.
Not only does it have 8 legs but it also appears to possess both male and female reproductive organs.
In what is being hailed as a world first, scientists have succeeded in regenerating an organ in mice.
Researchers in Japan are waiting for approval to begin growing organs in pigs for human transplant.
Harvard University researchers believe it may soon be possible to regenerate human organs.
Scientists may soon be able to cut down waiting times by using animal organs in human transplants.
Scientists have discovered several new methods for growing replacement human organs.
In a new stem cell breakthrough, pigs could be used to grow human organs for use in transplants.
Within a decade doctors may be able to "print" new organs for transplant patients using a special 3D bioprinter.
A man in India has been found to be the only living human to exhibit back-to-front internal organs.
Junk organs long considered to be expendable may actually serve an important purpose. Organs such as the spleen, appendi...
A photographer from India has five kidneys after receiving three additional ones via donations from his two sisters and ...
A teenage girl sheltering beneath a tree was struck by lightning and saved by her iPod's headphone wires that diverted s...