Wearing blue rubber gloves, Molly Dobrow reached into a metal vat of diluted sodium hydroxide and pulled out two dripping-wet models of human organs: a heart and a set of lungs. Made of Elastico, a ...

A laboratory has developed a new, significantly simpler way of cultivating a 3D model of the intestine that leads to increased complexity and organization. During the past ten years, scientists who ...

While animal models can be a good way to learn more about biology and disease, they don’t always faithfully replicate what happens in the human body. Scientists have, therefore, searched for other ...

Surgeons can now hold a 3-D printed model of their patient's heart in their hands the day before an operation or they can check the size of a blood clot in the brain using a 3-D printed replica. This ...

Scientists have successfully produced human tissues from stem cells. They have a complexity similar to that of normal tissue and are far superior to previous structures. In 2006, Japanese researchers ...

New, lifelike models of newborns that are as squishy as real babies and even include mimics of working organs could help surgeons and nurses train to perform life-saving procedures, researchers say.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. a school age girl with dark brown skin presents a simplified diagram of the human body to a teacher. the diagram depicts various ...

Your anatomy operates like a machine, it's success hinging on the work of over 70 organs, each with a unique function. From the heart's blood-pumping ability to the liver's filtering power, each ...