The organs will come from genetically modified pigs in the hopes of helping the thousands of Americans waiting for transplants. Also in the news: the world's smallest heart pump, nanoplastics in the ...

About 50-55% of western Iowans are registered donors. It's the highest percentage of any region in the state, the Iowa Donor Network's John Jorgensen said, but there's room to add many more to the ...

Overall, cadaver brain samples contained seven to 30 times more tiny shards of plastic than their kidneys and liver, said co-lead study author Matthew Campen, Regents' Professor and professor of ...

The famous NBC series, Law & Order SVU, featured an episode that left viewers utterly shaken. It was a case inspired by real ...

According to their results recently published in the journal Ecology and Evolution, the culprit is clear: a killer whale ...

Tiny plastic particles may accumulate at higher levels in the human brain than in the kidney and liver, with greater ...

Findings indicate rising microplastic concentrations in human brains and organs, urging deeper investigation into their ...

Where Pete died, autopsies are relatively common — at least by Nebraska standards. The four counties containing Omaha’s metro ...

T'puram: The preliminary postmortem report of 75-year-old Selinamma, a former nursing assistant from Dhanuvachapuram near ...