In a recent study, Coffey and O'Leary suggest that the mesentery deserves to be recognized as an new human organ. There are 78 organs in the human body, and the mesentery would make 79.

For centuries, the human body has been mapped out and ... discovery opens the door to an entirely new field of medical research, which he calls mesenteric science. In 2018, another remarkable ...

In a stunning medical revelation, scientists have accidentally discovered a new organ while researching cancer ... other ...

Over the years, Atala and his staff have been able to develop printers capable of printing customized scaffolding of human organs, which could be manually coated with human or animal cells.

These advances have made it possible for scientists to create pigs with organs that are more compatible with human biology, thus reducing the chances of rejection. One common edit, for instance, ...