In a recent study published in NPJ Microgravity, scientists explore the impact of spaceflight on human vascular smooth muscle cells at the transcriptomic level. Study: Spaceflight effects on human ...

Mitochondria are central regulators of cellular metabolism, redox balance, and cell survival in the nervous system. In recent years, growing evidence has ...

A research team drawn from collaborators across the USA has developed a super-resolution photoacoustic imaging method that ...

A new drug could prevent sepsis-related organ failure and death by restoring the health of a patient's blood vessels. Researchers from The University of Queensland and the Queensland Children's ...

Scientists at the Wisconsin National Primate Research Center (WNPRC) and the Morgridge Institute for Research at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have been at the forefront of stem cell research ...

The arterial vasculature is the second most frequently calcified structure in the human body after the skeleton. Calcification of the aorta and aortic valves occurs in most individuals in westernized ...

Hypertension is often described in simple terms: a chronic condition in which blood pressure remains persistently elevated. Yet behind those numbers o.

Plant scientists have identified a protein that plays a previously unknown role in controlling cell differentiation and determining gender in vascular plants, using a fern model. The discovery ...

Background High serum levels of interleukin 6 (IL-6) predict poor prognosis in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (iCCA), a malignancy that often develops in a chronically inflamed milieu . Here, tumour ...

Introduction: The Invisible System That Sustains Life When most people think about wellbeing, they think of diet or exercise, sleep, and mental health. Circulation seldom makes the headlines in ...