A new drug targeting inflammation in the brain has been shown to bolster the blood-brain barrier in mice, pioneering a ...

New studies stemming from the Armamentarium consortium outline findings that advance tools based on Adeno-associated virus ...

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 ...

Researchers at UZH have now shown for the first time that intestinal bacteria and their metabolites can accelerate the ageing of blood vessels and ... and 95 as well as a mouse model of ...

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 ...

Skoltech researchers have fashioned a microstructure made of modified glass fiber that could in principle function as a tiny lantern for medical probes exploring the interior of blood vessels and ...

Flavan-3-ols were also found to improve the function of the endothelium -- the inner lining of blood vessels -- which is crucial for overall cardiovascular health. This improvement occurred ...

THAT’S THE TERM DOCTORS USE TO DESCRIBE A WEAK SPOT IN THE WALL OF A BLOOD VESSEL. OVER TIME, THE ANEURYSM CAN GET BIGGER, FORMING A BULGE THAT CAN BURST. AND THAT CAN LEAD TO INTERNAL BLEEDING ...