Red blood cell-derived extracellular vesicles in type 2 diabetes are actively taken up by the endothelium, transferring the ...

The aging of the innermost cell layer of blood vessels leads to cardiovascular diseases. Researchers at UZH have now shown ...

According to the World Health Organization, tobacco kills more than 8 million people each year worldwide, and many of those ...

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 ...

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

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

Dr. Tiziano Barbui explains how excess blood cell production in certain myeloproliferative neoplasms can impair circulation and why treatments like phlebotomy are used.

Sickle cell disease doesn’t discriminate, but it does disproportionately affect those with the least access to healthcare ...