The distinct population of endothelial cells that line blood vessels in the insulin-producing "islets" of the human pancreas ...

A 3D model accurately mimicking the blood-brain barrier (BBB) in a laboratory environment has been successfully developed by ...

Niklason and her team spent more than a decade isolating blood vessel cells from human organ and tissue donors. They tested cells from more than 700 donors and found that those from five of those ...

Molecular communications in the bloodstream is a promising area of research, since the bloodstream has the ability to ...

Experts say we've become 'too comfortable' with being warm all the time, and when done safely exposure to chillier ...

Glucotrack has successfully completed a first-in-human study with its continuous glucose monitor (CGM) that directly measures ...

Ice baths can improve recovery, resilience and vitality. Like any wellness practice, though, the benefits are subjective.

Medically reviewed by Soma Mandal, MD Petechiae are tiny red, purple, or brown spots on your skin, inside of your mouth, or ...

ETH researchers have developed a new gene switch that can be activated using a commercially available nitroglycerine patch applied to the skin. One day, researchers want to use switches of this kind ...

What could go wrong with eating an extremely high-fat diet of beef, cheese, and sticks of butter? Well, for one thing, your cholesterol levels could reach such stratospheric levels that lipids start ...

Researchers have developed a new gene switch that can be activated using a commercially available nitroglycerine patch applied to the skin. One day, researchers want to use switches of this kind to ...

George Washington died after his physician treated his sore throat with bloodletting, but don't let that stop you from ...