Tears seem simple, but the tiny glands that produce them are among the least understood organs in the human body. By growing miniature human tear glands in the lab and coaxing them to “cry,” ...

Leslie Katz led a team that explored the intersection of tech and culture, plus all manner of awe-inspiring science, from space to AI and archaeology. When she's not smithing words, she's probably ...

Hans Clevers is a co-founder and SAB member of Surrozen, a start-up in Silicon Valley, and an SAB member of Merus (Utrecht), Volastra (New York), Decibel (Boston), DImed Inc. (Shanghai), Xilis Inc.

In a new first, scientists have produced lab-grown, working tear glands that can actually produce tears. “Hopefully in the future, this type of organoid may even be transplantable to patients with ...

Doctors don’t regularly come across undiscovered bits of human anatomy, but a team of physicians recently reported a never-before-described set of salivary glands in patients’ necks. The first hint of ...

Salivary function in mammals may be defective for various reasons, such as aging, Sjogren’s syndrome or radiation therapy in head and neck cancer patients. Recently, tissue-specific stem cell therapy ...

The human parathyroid gland, which regulates the level of calcium in the blood, probably evolved from the gills of fish, according to researchers from King's College London. The human parathyroid ...