Whether the theory proves groundbreaking or misguided, it has already succeeded at something rare in longevity science: ...

Your eyes—retinal blood vessels and retinal imaging—may help predict heart disease, according to a new study. Here, doctors ...

A pig kidney with one genetic change functioned in a brain-dead human for 61 days, more than doubling previous records.

Microrobots may become an effective tool in breaking down the dangerous blood vessel blockages that cause strokes. But these ...

Surgeons in the United States perform nearly 600,000 coronary artery stent procedures and bypass surgeries every year.

Researchers found that a rare class of neurons—type-one nNOS neurons—plays a central role in regulating brain blood flow and coordinating neural activity in mice.

When Shelley wrote Frankenstein in 1818, anatomy was a science on the edge of revelation and respectability. Public ...

What if clinicians could place tiny electronic chips in the brain that electrically stimulate a precise target, through a ...

Researchers from the University of Birmingham have found that flavanols, which are found in cocoa, tea, and berries, may help ...

University of Cambridge scientists have used human stem cells to create three-dimensional embryo-like structures that replicate certain aspects of very early human development—including the production ...

Scientists have grown a human embryo-like structure in a lab which replicates very early human development - including the production of blood stem cells. The lab-grown embryo model could help ...

The team observed the emergence of the three-dimensional embryo-like structures under a microscope in the lab. These started producing blood (seen here in red) after around two weeks of development - ...