Most of the body's calcium is stored in your bones. Producing red blood cells Protecting internal organs The axial skeletal system includes the bones, ligaments, and cartilage that form the backbone ...

The partner of a man whose organs were donated to four different people after he died in an accident says his death was not in vain. Macauley Owen, a groundworks engineer from Anglesey ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Illinois' first hospital-based organ donation center will begin operations on Thursday, and CBS News Chicago got an exclusive sneak peek at the new setup that could save hundreds ...

Families are increasingly turning down requests to donate a relative's organs, sometimes because their loved one's wishes were unknown. With the transplant waiting list at a 10-year high ...

Our organs and tissues do not all age at the same rate. Aging, marked by an increase in senescent cells—cells that are unable to divide and have lost their functions—affects the liver or ...

Kentucky Organ Donor Affiliates is under investigation after allegations that it tried to pressure its personnel to retrieve organs from a hospital patient who was awake and later left the ...

The Wall Street Journal reports a startling case in which an organ-procurement group in Kentucky allegedly pressed its staff to harvest organs from a patient who was conscious and later exited the ...

These models include 3D spheroids, organoids, bioprinting, and organ-on-chips. ‘Organ on a chip’: The new lab setup scientists are using instead of animals to test new drugs The global organ ...

More than 100,000 people in the U.S. are currently on the national waiting list for an organ transplant. Sadly, the chronic shortage of donated organs means that over 6000 patients every year die ...

This is why the scrotum is located outside of the body. Click image to enlarge. Testes (testicles). The testes are 2 small organs that are found inside the scrotum. The testes are responsible for ...