Rhabdomyolysis is a condition in which muscle damage—often caused by drug intake—can lead to impaired kidney function and ...

Nestled in the nether regions of the nasal passage is a little-known organ that sees a lot of use in other animals but seems ...

Miniature organs have a new lifeline. Mimicking the way early human embryos grow blood vessels, scientists nudged multiple types of mini organs to sprout their own vascular networks. Also called ...

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 ...

There may be good reasons to object to using animals as living organ factories, including welfare concerns. But the rationale ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Watch “Dr. Sanjay Gupta Reports: Animal Pharm” on Sunday, May 18, at 8 p.m. ET/PT on CNN. There were more than 48,000 organ transplants in the United States last year. They’re ...

In a New York operating room one day in October 2025, doctors made medical history by transplanting a genetically modified pig kidney into a living patient as part of a clinical trial. The kidney had ...

Animal testing isn’t just ethically questionable—it’s actually not that effective. Several biotech firms are developing technology that could change that. When 4,000 beagles destined for animal ...

Human organs could be bioprinted for transplants within 10 years, according to Lithuanian startup Vital3D. But before reaching human hearts and kidneys, the company is starting with something simpler: ...

The rat kidney was peculiarly beautiful — an edgeless viscera about the size of a quarter, gemstone-like and gleaming as if encased in pure glass. It owed its veneer to a frosty descent in liquid ...