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 ...

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 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 ...

A team of Chinese researchers has recently developed a model to predict the aging of 13 human organs, including the brain, enabling precise assessment of organ aging levels, the China Science Daily ...

Human Buddy is a new animated show that explores the wonders of the human body in a fun and entertaining style, similar to shows like SolarBalls and MrSpherical. The series covers various aspects of ...

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 ...

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: ...

I'm testing your knowledge with a fun game: can you identify these real human organs? I walk you through three rounds of ...

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 ...

From robotic surgery performed 7,000 miles away to the first blood test to help diagnose Alzheimer’s disease, 2025 has been a ...

As of end-2024, kidney patients on the transplant waiting list had to wait an average of nine years to get a new organ.