The newfound cells help to maintain a healthy respiratory system. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Scientists have discovered a ...

A genetically modified pig lung remained viable and functional over a period of 9 days after being transplanted into a human recipient who had been declared brain dead, according to research published ...

For the first time in history, scientists in China have transplanted a lung from a genetically modified pig into a human patient. As detailed in a paper published in the journal Nature, the team of ...

NEW AT NOON, THE CHILDREN’S MUSEUM OF THE UPSTATE HAS A NEW EXHIBIT FEATURING HEALTH CARE AND HEALTHY HABITS. THIS IS PART OF THE RENOVATED PRISMA HEALTH CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL, YOUR HEALTHY BODY EXHIBIT ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Surgeons in China successfully transplanted a pig lung into the body of a brain dead patient for the first time. While the organ eventually succumbed ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. ST. LOUIS • A machine that 'reconditions' a donor's lungs outside the body before being transplanted into a recipient is ...

Your Blood Could Be Filled With Microplastics How and Why Microplastics Invade Our Lives Dangerous PFAS Chemicals Found in Food Packaging “The threat posed by these microfibers is almost invisible in ...

Few places on Earth — or in our bodies — seem to be free of microplastics. Researchers in recent months have announced the discovery of microplastics traveling in the bloodstream of a handful of ...

Red blood cells carry oxygen from the lungs to every other organ, and blood-forming stem cells must make about 200 billion new red blood cells each day to keep the oxygen flowing. For many years, ...

How does the human body cope with the world’s highest peak? At Everest’s “death zone,” oxygen levels drop so low that cells start to die and thinking becomes foggy. Climbers risk brain swelling, fluid ...

Even at an AQI of 50, the air isn't completely clean. Experts explain how your lungs, heart, and cells still work to ...