Chinese scientists have performed what is thought to be the first transplant of a genetically modified pig liver segment into ...

Medics have transplanted a pig liver into a human in a world first. The patient, a 71-year-old man, lived for almost half a year after the procedure.

An important new study in the Journal of Hepatology, published by Elsevier, reports the world’s first auxiliary liver ...

It has been nearly 13 years since the most recent forfeit in a Major League Baseball game. Though 13 years may not strike us as terribly significant, only twice before has baseball been able to claim ...

In a multi-break firework, stars are contained in separate cardboard compartments within the shell. Each compartment has its own bursting charge, which ignites and throws out the stars. In order to ...

Some cancers may block channels in the body and stop particular body systems working so well. Some cancers may cause changes in the body by pressing on surrounding body tissues or organs. Some cancers ...

Surgeons used to think that fascia is a tissue that just covered organs, muscles, and bones. Now, though, the medical world has expanded the definition to include tissue that surrounds all of the ...

US President Donald Trump threatened to send Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine if Russia did not return to peace talks, but analysts say the long-range weapons are not the game-changer they are made out to ...