It serves as a very important barrier between the body and bacteria, chemicals, and temperature. Healthline reports that the top five largest organs in the human body are: The liver is the body ...

An explanation of how cells make up tissues which in turn make up organs. The diversity of cells in the human body is mentioned. Using muscle cells as an example, it is then explained how cells ...

An animated sequence which tours the human body, picturing and naming the major organs. The job of each organ is briefly explained. The brain, heart, lungs, stomach, liver, kidneys, intestines and ...

Human teeth are the latest body part to be replicated in laboratories, with researchers hoping it could mean the end of fillings. Here, we take a look at all the other alarming things being grown in ...

Researchers can determine the relative abundance of the different species and discover which metabolic pathways are encoded by the organisms to gain information about their functions in the body. The ...

For years, scientists have predicted that 3-D printing—which has been used it to make toys, homes, scientific tools and even a plastic bunny that contained a DNA code for its own replication—could one ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - Researchers believe they discovered a new type of life form living in the human body that were previously ... make them a different type of organism. For starters, the Obelisks ...

But new “organs-on-chips” technology is emulating ... a static environment that doesn’t let cells behave as if they are in the human body. Cilia inside the lung-chip. Microscope image ...

China was accused of the widespread harvesting of human organs from persecuted groups in ... into commodities for sale," the report said. The body parts were then used for medical purposes ...