The human brain is a fascinating and complex organ that supports numerous sophisticated behaviors and abilities that are ...

A study published in Nature provides insight into how the brain processes sensory information from the internal organs. Researchers at Harvard Medical School used high-resolution imaging to identify ...

A UK study found no cases of brain cancer transmission from organ donors to transplant recipients. Transplantation of organs from deceased donors with brain cancer appears relatively safe and may be a ...

Research led by the University of Michigan's Kresge Hearing Research Institute and the University of Rochester illuminates the mechanisms through which humans can pick out and focus on single sounds ...

Despite concerns about transmission of cancer from deceased organ donors with brain tumors to recipients, results from a cohort study in the U.K. showed that this risk was lower than previously ...

The brain may contain higher -- and more significant -- amounts of microplastics than other organs in the body, according to a new study. Researchers from the University of New Mexico Health Sciences ...

In “Dividing the Church on Brain Death,” which appeared in our June issue, Dr. Jason T. Eberl and others argued that current neurological criteria for determining brain death is consistent with ...

Two different statements about brain death and organ transplantation over the past several months raise serious concerns about whether patients declared brain dead are actually dead. Both statements ...

As of end-2024, kidney patients on the transplant waiting list had to wait an average of nine years to get a new organ.

Dr Ashwin Mohanachandran, who was a junior resident doctor at KMCT Medical College, Mukkam, Kozhikode, has given life even ...