The human body has 78 organs, with the brain, heart, kidneys, liver, and lungs considered vital for survival. The article ...

An organ is a group of tissues that work together to perform a specific task in the body, such as digesting nutrients or producing chemical messengers that enable brain cells to communicate. Although ...

Not all organs are needed for survival. From your gallbladder to your spleen, here are 12 organs you can lose and still ...

The future of life-saving treatments may be just a chip off the ‘ole blood sample. Scientists at Columbia University have created a set of real — and really tiny — human organs that interact on a chip ...