Human head transplants are also known as cephalosomatic anastomosis, and at the moment, are not actually possible and likely won't be before 2030. Some researchers have tested a human head transplant ...

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In this week's "It's Debatable" segment, Rick Rosen and Charles Moster debate on the question: Should ethical/legal restrictions on human testing be lifted to expedite the development of new ...

This course explores the history of the scientific study of the human body from ancient Greece and Rome to the present. It examines the ways in which different communities sought to study, control, ...

From the first successful kidney transplant in 1954, modern organ transplantation has often been linked to the horrors of ...

Ali Brivanlou slides open a glass door at the Rockefeller University in New York to show off his latest experiments probing the mysteries of the human embryo. "As you can see, all my lab is glass — ...