The patient, a 39-year-old declared brain-dead after a brain hemorrhage, thus became the first human recipient of a pig lung.

Although scientists hold different views on what exactly counts as an organ, the most-cited number of organs in the human body stands at 78.

The study of living things, called biological science, has been using human cells to make 3D models of organs in the lab. These models are called organoids and are made by putting cells together ...

The groundbreaking study featured in the August issue and an accompanying commentary of The Lancet medical journal produced fundamental new data on the first pig-to-human organ transplants.

New 3D Bioprinter Could Build Replicas of Human Organs, Offering a Boost for Drug Discovery The invention uses light, sound and bubbles to quickly create copies of soft tissue that might one day ...

A rapid form of 3D printing that uses sound and light could one day produce copies of human organs made from a person’s own cells, allowing for a range of drug tests. Traditional 3D printers ...

If this method can be improved, it could help us learn more about how human embryos develop, test new drugs using animals with human-like organs, study how human diseases start and progress in ...