Science Corporation, founded by Neuralink’s first president, Max Hodak, has unveiled a prototype machine to extend the life ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

After years of counseling families through loss, I am still moved by their strength. I carry with me Eleanor’s prayer, ...

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 ...

Surgeons transplanted a pig’s kidney into a brain-dead man and for over a month it's worked normally — a critical step toward an operation the New York team hopes to eventually try in living patients.

Deep in ancient rock, researchers have uncovered a creature so well preserved that its brain and internal organs are still ...

Pig hearts beat for three days inside the chests of two brain-dead patients who were kept alive using ventilators. The feat helps researchers prepare for future clinical trials of pig-to-human ...

In the first long-term and real-world reflective study of its kind, scientists have uncovered new detrimental health impacts of the artificial sweetener aspartame that echoes those found in shorter ...

Most of us think little of why we feel pleasantly full after eating a big holiday meal, why we start to cough after accidentally inhaling campfire smoke, or why we are hit with sudden nausea after ...