First, some background on this purple, fist-sized organ – it's located behind the stomach and under the left side of the ribs. The spleen is part of the lymphatic system, which fights infection, and ...

Scientists are repurposing this once non-essential organ to grow life-saving tissues on demand and from inside the body. The idea of using the body’s own organs as mini bioreactors to grow replacement ...

The spleen is a fragile organ that plays an important role in maintaining internal energy, good digestion and stable body weight. The spleen is a fragile organ that plays an important role in ...

An international team of researchers, led by University of Houston Cullen Endowed Professor of biomedical engineering Mario Romero-Ortega, has progressed electroceutical research for treatment of ...

You’re reaching for tissues again, canceling plans for the third time this winter, and wondering why you seem to catch every cold that makes its rounds through your office. You eat your veggies, try ...

"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 ...

Asplenia, or the absence of a spleen, may be the result of functional or anatomical deficiency in spleen function. Following splenectomy, the patient loses the immune capability of the spleen with ...

Oftentimes, we hear of patients having their gallbladder, uterus or one of their kidneys removed for health reasons. Presence of malignancies or other medical abnormalities in these organs warrants a ...