A 35-year-old man who couldn't pass urine learned that the cause of his obstruction was a giant worm living in his kidney.

Here's a handy list of the investigations which fit with the theme of The Human Body and Living Things, with all the key information you need. Each investigation has a teacher resources page which ...

Our bodies are home to an unseen ecosystem of microbes that live in symbiosis with us. In this work, we extend the “human” in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) to include these microbes. Specifically, ...

A 35-year-old Indian man who couldn't urinate learned his problem was being caused by a horrifying worm that can grow up to a metre in length inside the human body. Disturbing images published by ...

Dr Michael Mosley explores the bizarre and fascinating world of parasites by turning his body into a living laboratory and deliberately infesting himself with them. By the end of his infestation ...

But a few companies are creating pigs with a series of gene edits that make their organs more acceptable to human bodies. A handful of living people have received gene-edited pig organs.