For decades, above-the-knee amputees have had to live with stiff, uncomfortable prosthetics that felt more like rigid tools than natural limbs. As a result, climbing stairs, stepping over objects, or ...

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We've heard this so many times before: women live longer than men. But once you start digging into why, it gets a lot more ...

The human body is a wonderous thing, especially when you consider how intricate and efficient each bodily system is. For instance, an adult’s blood vessels could encircle the earth 2.5 times if ...

A pig kidney successfully functioned in a human body for about two months, marking the longest documented case of a xenotransplant of its kind. In July, researchers at NYU Langone Health ...