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A dysfunction in muscle blood vessels could be to blame for the weak muscles and weight loss that most cancer patients ...

Miniature organs on a chip could allow us to do scientific studies with great precision, without having to resort to animal testing. The main problem, however, is that artificial tissue needs blood ...

Blood vessels are like big-city highways; full of curves, branches, merges, and congestion. Yet for years, lab models ...

A dysfunction in muscle blood vessels could be to blame for the weak muscles and weight loss that most cancer patients ...

In biomedical research, so-called organs-on-a-chip, also referred to as microphysiological systems, are becoming increasingly ...

Engineers from Texas A&M University (TAMU) have developed a groundbreaking tiny chip that mimics real human blood vessels, ...

The aging of the innermost cell layer of blood vessels leads to cardiovascular diseases. Researchers have now shown for the first time that intestinal bacteria and their metabolites contribute ...

Red blood cell-derived extracellular vesicles in type 2 diabetes are actively taken up by the endothelium, transferring the enzyme arginase-1 and triggering oxidative stress. This mechanism helps ...

Blood clots begin forming when a blood vessel is damaged and nearby cell fragments (called platelets) begin clumping together and adhering to a protein in the blood known as fibrin, explains Dr ...