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Vascular System
The vascular system: carries blood and lymph through the body and is made up of vessels. The vascular system is comprised of arteries and veins that carry blood throughout the body, delivering oxygen and nutrients to the body tissues. The vascular system is also called the circulatory system.
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APR 01, 2021
Health & Medicine
Drinking hot cocoa is comforting on cold winter nights, and new research from the University of Birmingham shows that it
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
APR 01, 2021
Immunology
Cancer researchers have developed a therapeutic vaccine for melanoma, a deadly form of skin cancer. Instead of protectin
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JAN 13, 2021
Cardiology
Exercise is good for our health, but it seems that certain kinds of exercise are more beneficial than others. Recent res
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 07, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
CNIC researchers have found that there is an autoimmune link to cardiovascular disease that may improve diagnostic and t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 04, 2020
Microbiology
Although children can get infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, and spread it to others, they are mo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 20, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Genetic mutations are usually connected to disease, but there are some that are known to improve people's lives.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 04, 2020
Health & Medicine
COVID-19, the illness caused by the pandemic virus SARS-CoV-2, is known to cause blood clots all over the body in some p
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 01, 2020
Plants & Animals
There are veins in plants that move nutrients and other important molecules around. These veins have to be carefully org
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 01, 2020
Microbiology
SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19 has to get into cells to cause infection. It does so with a spike protein on its surfa
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 12, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
There are no humans that can perform feats of super-strength or control objects with their mind, but people are apparent
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 14, 2020
Cancer
Nowadays, most cancer drugs target a protein or inhibit a critical cellular process. Modern therapies have varying level
...
Written By:
Jasper Cantrell
AUG 10, 2020
Cardiology
When a blood clot forms in an artery that supplies the brain with oxygen, obstructing it, a stroke can occur. Strokes ca
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 20, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
The diseases cat scratch fever and trench fever are both caused by Bartonella bacteria. Animals can transmit these patho
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 05, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
The pandemic virus SARS-CoV-2 enters the body through the respiratory system to cause the illness COVID-19. But we know
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 03, 2020
Cardiology
Researchers are learning how dietary choices may be causing damage to the arteries as people age.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 15, 2020
Cardiology
A wide variation in cardiovascular disease mortality rates has been noted among counties in the United States. Residents
...
Written By:
Lawrence Renna
APR 22, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
The premature birth of infants places them at risk for blindness because of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP). To prevent
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
MAR 09, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have made numerous advances in bioengineering, bioprinting, and nanolithography.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 25, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Preeclampsia usually arises after 20 weeks of pregnancy in women that typically have normal blood pressure. It can be fa
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 17, 2020
Cardiology
A meta-analysis was recently published in the British Medical Journal to try and understand if there was a link between
...
Written By:
Abbie Arce
DEC 02, 2019
Cannabis Sciences
An estimated 16 percent of women use marijuana on a daily basis while pregnant, and a large majority of women do so with
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 19, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine have successfully transplanted brain cells without the need of immune-suppressing
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
AUG 20, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
As we age, calcium can build up in various tissues in the body, and cause them to harden in a process called calcificati
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 19, 2019
Microbiology
Bananas: the world's most popular fruit, a major source of food for millions of people, and now, seriously threatened by
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch