The study claims the deoxy ribose sugar proved as successful as minoxidil at regrowing hair, with both between 80 and 90 percent effective. That’s a lot of new blood vessels, and a fair bit of new ...

Scientists hope body tissues grown in labs will become a familiar sight in medicine. Researchers around the world are working ...

Each 2.54 square centimetre (a square inch) of human skin has six metres (20ft) of blood vessels. Veins hold about 65 per cent of the body's blood and have one-way valves tohelp blood move.

A breakthrough in bioprinting of living tissues could soon lead to 3D-printing of blood vessels and human organs, ushering in ...

Researchers have developed a cutting-edge chip technology capable of precisely mimicking the interactions between cancer ...

Human endothelial cells that make up the lining of blood vessels can be genetically altered using the CRISPR/Cas9 system, according to a study published today (May 4) in Circulation Research. In ...

Vasculitis is a group of diseases, also known as angiitis, that damage blood vessels by causing inflammation. It can affect any blood vessel anywhere in the body. Vasculitis means inflammation of ...

videoHuman circulatory and digestive system This short film offers a look at respiration and a tour around the circulatory system and digestive system in the human body, through blood vessels and ...

The agency OK’d an artificial vessel to restore blood flow in patients, even though its own scientists flagged questionable study results and potentially fatal ruptures of the product.

and the principle has been employed in human-led design as well. The lymphatic system plays a key role in maintaining the body's fluid balance and supporting immune defences. Lymphatic vessels are ...