Researchers say nanoparticles could help engineer the spleen – a more promising long-term survival site than the liver – into a transplant hub.

Spleen stiffness measurements may help improve the diagnosis of portal hypertension in patients with BCR::ABL1-negative myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs), a new report suggests. 1 The findings ...

What are some potential causes of spleen pain? Read on to learn more about what conditions or injuries may lead to splenic pain.

Wenzhou Medical University researchers have reimagined the spleen as a viable site for islet transplantation, enabling long-term diabetes control without the burden of full immunosuppression ...

How the Non-Essential Spleen Could Regenerate Vital Organs Inside the Body Scientists are repurposing this once non-essential organ to grow life-saving tissues on demand and from inside the body.

Wendy Rappaport has filed a lawsuit alleging that her healthy kidney was removed instead of her spleen, leaving her with advanced kidney disease.

A Twin Cities woman is suing over an alleged medical mistake that she says cost her a healthy left kidney. In a lawsuit filed Friday, Wendy Rappaport of Plymouth accuses the surgeon and the Allina ...

Noninvasive spleen stiffness measurement improves risk prediction for liver-related complications in patients with compensated advanced chronic liver disease.

The spleen is a key component of the immune system. It filters old blood cells, bacteria, tumor cells out of the blood and breaks them down. The macrophages then get rid of them.

Witnesses in OR Give Harrowing Account of Spleen Surgery Gone Wrong — Florida health department issued an emergency license suspension for Thomas Shaknovsky, DO ...