These activities require an advanced respiratory system to oxygenate their blood and an efficient circulatory system to distribute it to the muscles, organs, and tissues where it’s needed. Like us, ...

Mechanical circulatory supports (MCS) are used increasingly to sustain patients with severe, acute cardiac and pulmonary failure. Indications have been broadened to include severe influenza and ...

(That would mean that organs may be taken when a patient's circulatory and respiratory ... MP Ivan Bartolo introducing an 'opt-out' system for organ donations. At present, people wishing to ...

Health Minister Jo Etienne Abela said that government would extend the parameters of organ donation laws to introduce organ donation after circulatory deaths. Abela was speaking in parliament in ...

Structurally, a bird’s heart is a muscular organ comprising four chambers separated by one-way valves ... Meanwhile, Manakins and Hummingbird’s hearts can reach over 1200 beats per minute! The avian ...

NYU Langone Health announced that, for the third time, a genetically modified pig kidney had been transplanted into a living ...

And, while few cardiologists believe the heart – the centre of a complex chemical system – is a simple organ, most prefer not ...

The robots are getting closer and closer. Not only thanks to Elon Musk’s prototypes. Clone Robotics has opened pre-orders for ...

A new organ donor consent model is to be discussed in the Danish Parliament tomorrow. The cross-party initiative will attempt ...