The Mighty Pump That Keeps You Alive The heart is one of the most important organs in the human body. It is responsible for ...

A common artificial sweetener may trigger insulin spikes that lead to the build up of fatty plaques in the arteries, ...

A breakthrough in bioprinting of living tissues could soon lead to 3D-printing of blood vessels and human organs, ushering in ...

Scientists have discovered that the way blood vessels are shaped at the back of the eye may be linked to high blood pressure and heart disease. By analyzing genetic data, they identified 119 areas in ...

Are you damaging your heart by eating food that comes in plastic packaging? According to Italian researchers, you very well could be.

your body makes hormones called catecholamines. These hormones can bind to parts of cells called alpha receptors. When this occurs, your blood vessels narrow, and your heart beats faster and with ...

Adding engineered human blood vessel-forming cells to islet transplants boosted the survival of the insulin-producing cells ...