On Friday, doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital announced that a 66-year-old New Hampshire man had successfully received ...

People diagnosed with dementia have up to 10 times more microplastics present in their brains than those without the condition, a new study has found.

Nearly every disease has an inflammatory component, but blood tests can't pinpoint inflammation in specific organs or tissues in the human body. Now researchers have developed a method to detect ...

The second person ever has received a transplant with a genetically modified pig kidney.

It was the fourth pig kidney transplant in the United States, and the first of three that will be done at Mass General as part of a new clinical trial sanctioned by the Food and Drug Administration.

Chemistry researchers at Case Western Reserve University have found specific markers that may lead to new blood tests for ...

Microplastics have been found everywhere in the human body, including blood, breast milk, testicles, heart tissue, lung ...

Influenza is a highly contagious viral infection that affects the respiratory system. Although often dismissed as a seasonal illness, it can lead to severe complications such as pneumonia, organ ...

A New Hampshire man has become the second person known to be living with a pig kidney. Massachusetts General Hospital ...

A team at Massachusetts General Hospital led by Harvard Medical School physician-scientists has for the second time ...

Archaeological evidence shows the Magdalenian people from 18,000 years ago likely were engaged in cannibalism. As part of the ...