Researchers at Stanford University have proposed a concept that could transform modern medicine: lab-grown human “bodyoids” ...

In humans, the technique has been used successfully to make transplants of simple, hollow organs such as the bladder or trachea. Other lab-grown organs are still years away from becoming available ...

Lab-grown "bodyoids" could transform medical research and organ transplants, but raise ethical questions about defining human ...

One of the main arguments made for bodyoids is that they could provide spare human organs. There’s a huge shortage of organs ...

“Because that’s when I really came face to face with the transplant ... to the transplanted organs. Atala believed that the solution was clear, if far-fetched: lab-grown organs cultivated ...

As thousands of people await a lifesaving heart, scientists are racing to buy them more time. A promising advance from scientists in Germany offers a potential solution.

According to three Stanford scientists, lack of human biological material is a “major bottleneck to progress” for medical ...

It may be disturbing to characterize human bodies in such commodifying terms, but the unavoidable reality is that human ...

Guyana’s organ transplant programme has advanced further with the establishment of a Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) laboratory which will enhance the country’s transplant capabilities by ...