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In the body, blood vessels transport blood throughout the body to deliver oxygen to organs and tissues. Blood vessels are also used to remove waste from the body. There are three main types of blood vessels: veins, arteries, and capillaries.
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OCT 27, 2017Health & Medicine
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To fuel their growth and edge out healthy cells, breast cancer cells recycle a waste product into nutrients, researchers ...OCT 17, 2017Genetics & Genomics
Following a heart attack, cells of the heart muscle tissue are in danger of damage and death, because the tissue is left ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 17, 2017Videos
When a stroke occurs, the brain can be severely damaged. There are two kinds of strokes, an ischemic stroke where a bloo ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 13, 2017Immunology
An “explosive” form of cell death, called pyroptosis, is part of the normal immune response to the toxins re ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 10, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
We’ve all experienced the annoying Band-Aid that won’t stay on when wet. And when it comes to bigger cuts an ...OCT 10, 2017Neuroscience
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When your muscles feel stiff - if you’ve just woken up or you’re sore from exercise - it’s difficult t ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 03, 2017Cardiology
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You were raised thinking about dinosaurs as massive reptilian creatures, and Hollywood certainly reinforced those ideas ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 28, 2017Chemistry & Physics
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Specialized immune cells called neutrophils are the first responders to invading pathogens, releasing toxic chemicals an ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 18, 2017Cardiology
A congenital heart defect that used to be a death sentence is now treatable thanks to an approach based on “Fontan ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 12, 2017Cardiology
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A unique quality of the main toxic “ingredient” in fire ant venom makes it the newest, if unlikely, candidat ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 07, 2017Cardiology
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Most of us have already experienced at least one nosebleed. In most cases, nosebleeds are caused by trauma. The location ...
OCT 27, 2017
Health & Medicine
Women are more likely than men to die in the year following a heart attack, but men are more likely to be hospitalized f
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 26, 2017
Cardiology
Some people may forget that the skin is the human body’s largest organ, and it has many diverse functions. Now, re
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 24, 2017
Immunology
T cells and B cells, two immune system cell types you want on the prowl during an infection, need a molecular push to le
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 24, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Doctors have confirmed that a 21-year-old Italian woman does, indeed, sweat blood. Not much is known about this ultra ra
...
OCT 23, 2017
Health & Medicine
Blood vessels take damage when plagued by peripheral artery disease, and cells injected as an attempt to heal blood vess
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 21, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have learned more about a genetic disorder that affects the liver, revealing potential new therapeutic avenue
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 19, 2017
Cancer
To fuel their growth and edge out healthy cells, breast cancer cells recycle a waste product into nutrients, researchers
...
OCT 17, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
Following a heart attack, cells of the heart muscle tissue are in danger of damage and death, because the tissue is left
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 17, 2017
Videos
When a stroke occurs, the brain can be severely damaged. There are two kinds of strokes, an ischemic stroke where a bloo
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 13, 2017
Immunology
An “explosive” form of cell death, called pyroptosis, is part of the normal immune response to the toxins re
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 10, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
We’ve all experienced the annoying Band-Aid that won’t stay on when wet. And when it comes to bigger cuts an
...
OCT 10, 2017
Neuroscience
The lymphatic system is the body's way of keeping cells moving along. It's an integral part of the circulatory s
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 09, 2017
Space & Astronomy
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 10 individual low-Earth-orbiting communication satellites for Iridium launched from Ca
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 09, 2017
Cardiology
When your muscles feel stiff - if you’ve just woken up or you’re sore from exercise - it’s difficult t
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 03, 2017
Cardiology
We’ve all heard that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and scientists involved in a new study would
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 30, 2017
Cardiology
There’s new evidence that sweating it in the sauna could be good for the heart. A new study from the University of
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 28, 2017
Plants & Animals
You were raised thinking about dinosaurs as massive reptilian creatures, and Hollywood certainly reinforced those ideas
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 28, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
Credit: forplayday/thinkstock From the discoveries of Earth-like exoplanets to finding water in every corner of our sola
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
SEP 20, 2017
Neuroscience
Specialized immune cells called neutrophils are the first responders to invading pathogens, releasing toxic chemicals an
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 18, 2017
Cardiology
A congenital heart defect that used to be a death sentence is now treatable thanks to an approach based on “Fontan
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 12, 2017
Cardiology
The effects of preeclampsia appear to have an impact only during pregnancy and childbirth, but the condition actually af
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 11, 2017
Immunology
A unique quality of the main toxic “ingredient” in fire ant venom makes it the newest, if unlikely, candidat
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 07, 2017
Cardiology
A lot of things go wrong during sepsis, but one of the worst is heart complications. In the past researchers determined
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 06, 2017
Videos
Most of us have already experienced at least one nosebleed. In most cases, nosebleeds are caused by trauma. The location
...