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

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 ...

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.

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

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.

Microplastics have been found everywhere in the human body, including blood, breast milk, testicles, heart tissue, lung tissue and various other organs. So it’s not entirely a s ...

Microplastics are accumulating in human brains at alarming rates, with concentrations rising 50% in the past eight years.

Nearly every disease has an inflammatory component, but blood tests can't pinpoint inflammation in specific organs or tissues ...

Nearly every disease has an inflammatory component, but blood tests can't pinpoint inflammation in specific organs or tissues in the human body.

Tiny microplastics are making their way into the human brain, and new research suggests the problem is getting worse.

University of New Mexico Health Sciences researchers found microplastics in human brains have increased 50% over the past 8 ...

A new study found that the brain may contain higher levels of microplastics, equivalent to the amount found in a standard ...