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 Minnesota woman claims to have developed stage 5 chronic kidney disease after a surgeon allegedly removed her kidney instead of her spleen.

Once deemed "non-essential," the spleen now emerges as nature’s ultimate toolkit for regenerative medicine—proving that life’s most powerful solutions may have been inside us all along.

The lawsuit says that the doctor performed an open laparotomy procedure, during which Rappaport's "left kidney was removed instead of her spleen." ...

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

For people with the condition, an arcuate ligament compresses the celiac artery, which is the main blood vessel that supplies the stomach, liver and spleen.