Scientists from Nanjing University and University of Macau have transformed the spleen into a functioning liver in living mice, which could bring new hope for patients suffering from organ shortage ...

THE number of functions attributed to any organ o*o is often a direct measure of our ignorance as to its real status in the animal economy. The spleen has suffered much from a multiplicity of theories ...

Repurposing the spleens of mice helps them to survive liver damage. If the approach works in people, it could offer an alternative to liver transplants. At the moment, people who need new livers often ...

The alchemists of old believed that they could find the philosophers’ stone, a substance that would not only transmute base metals into gold, but also cure all ills. Alas, the alchemists failed. But ...

"This work has widespread implications for regulating the function of the spleen, particularly the efficient regulation of the immune response for electroceutical treatment of range of diseases," said ...

On a crisp New England fall day, college freshman Jordan Taylor was playing Ultimate Frisbee when he collided with another player. Taylor was rushed to the hospital, where doctors realized he’d been ...

The spleen, an organ that helps the body fight infections, might also be a source of the cells that end up doing more harm than good at the site of a spinal cord injury, new research suggests.