Researchers hope to replicate larger blood vessels like arteries and veins and potentially have real blood circulating ...

When biomedical researchers need to test their latest ideas, they often turn to engineered human tissue that mimics the ...

To explore possible treatments for various diseases, either animal models or human cell cultures are usually used first; ...

At every moment, your kidneys are working hard to keep you alive and healthy. Shannon Horning/ SciTech Editor While you are drinking, running, sleeping, or simply breathing, two loyal organs at ...

Centenarians have become the fastest-growing demographic group in the world, with numbers approximately doubling every 10 years since the 1970s. Many researchers have sought out the factors and ...

A research team from the Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics (AIOFM), the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of ...

Now researchers have created a new approach: a blood test that can measure the biological ages of eleven organs and systems ...

Some people choose matcha as a heathy alternative to coffee. But if you have low iron, here’s what you need to know.

Scientists at the University of North Texas report a breakthrough in building tiny, lab-grown replicas of human organs. These replicas, called organoids, can mimic some functions and structures of ...

Microplastics have been detected in human blood, brain tissue, and even bones, where they may weaken skeletal structure and ...

A University of Oklahoma study published Sept. 3 in JAMA Surgery reports that acute normovolemic hemodilution (ANH)—a blood-saving method in which a patient's blood is collected before going on ...

Conservative MPs are calling for a parliamentary investigation into Spanish drugmaker Grifols’s GIFOF use of Canadian-donated blood plasma to make medicines for sale abroad. The call follows a Globe ...