As the thing which links every organ in our bodies together, through the circulatory system, blood vessels are pretty darn important. Now a team of researchers has managed to grow picture-perfect ...

Red blood cells carry oxygen from the lungs to every other organ, and blood-forming stem cells must make about 200 billion new red blood cells each day to keep the oxygen flowing. For many years, ...

Most people have never heard of the soleus muscle, a small but mighty muscle present in the calf that makes up about 1% of ...

During venipuncture, pressure differences between the vein and the vacuum in the Vacutainer forces blood into the tube. Image by Tannim101 (CC BY 3.0) During venipuncture, pressure differences between ...

A powerful muscle in the lower body quietly supports the heart’s work every single day. Experts say it plays a far greater ...

Organ transplantation involves the transplantation of organs from donors as a means to treat disease or injury, but there is a shortage of organs available for donation compared to the demand for ...

RIKEN researchers have imitated the formation of organs in the lab by "hacking" certain signaling pathways that guide the development of connective tissues in the embryo, which support the formation ...

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