As the body ages, bones undergo changes that can hinder their ability to regenerate and heal. While previous studies have ...

Slippery proteins in the brain’s blood vessels form a protective barrier that breaks break down with age, studies in mice ...

In the brain, not all blood flow is created equal. RIKEN researchers have developed a detailed cortical layer map of the ...

One of the companies furthest along is Humacyte, a Durham, N.C.-based biotech that makes lab-grown blood vessels, which could ...

Cinnamon may help dilate and relax blood vessels, potentially lowering blood pressure. Use it in oatmeal, yogurt and fruit ...

Laid end-to-end, an adult's arteries, veins and capillaries would stretch for about 100,000 miles - enough to wrap around the world nearly four times. Each 2.54 square centimetre (a square inch ...

All blood vessels are specifically structured to perform their function. For example, a capillary is microscopically thin to allow gases to exchange, the arteries are tough and flexible to cope ...

There are three types of blood vessel: arteries, veins and capillaries. The heart is a muscular organ that pumps blood around your circulatory system. The circulatory system is the heart and all ...

Each square inch of human skin consists of 6m (20ft) of blood vessels. Veins hold about 65 pc of the body's blood and have one-way valves to help blood move. Capillaries, which carry blood to our ...

An artificial intelligence (AI) technology, known as Quartz, is changing the way we detect dementia. The revolutionary tool ...

“[The study] furthers our understanding of the mechanism of action of hemorrhagic toxins because it reproduces the real dynamics of blood flow in blood vessels”. Previously, researchers studied the ...

Vasculitis is an autoimmune disorder that causes inflammation of the blood vessels. It can affect arteries, veins, and capillaries. This condition causes blood vessel walls to swell, which restricts ...