A dysfunction in muscle blood vessels could be to blame for the weak muscles and weight loss that most cancer patients ...

Miniature organs on a chip could allow us to do scientific studies with great precision, without having to resort to animal testing. The main problem, however, is that artificial tissue needs blood ...

Blood vessels are like big-city highways; full of curves, branches, merges, and congestion. Yet for years, lab models ...

In biomedical research, so-called organs-on-a-chip, also referred to as microphysiological systems, are becoming increasingly ...

All patients with PAD should be screened for these risk factors. Isolated PAD is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular event, and patients with vascular disease in multiple vascular beds carry ...

Although this distinction is somewhat artificial given the systemic nature of atherosclerotic vascular disease, it is necessary in order to evaluate existing data. Therapies to Reduce Systemic ...

In recent years, many gene mutations have been found to cause venous thromboembolic disease. The common causes of VTE in the general population should be well known and appropriate precautions should ...

Severe, deep venous Chronic Venous Insufficiency (CVI) is a debilitating disease that is most often caused by blood clots (deep vein thromboses or DVTs) in the deep veins of the leg. When valves ...

Large and small cerebral vessel disease can trigger stroke and contribute to the vascular component of other forms of neurological dysfunction and degeneration. Both forms of vascular disease are ...

HOUSTON, Texas -- One year ago, Levi Nieto, 12, was immobilized after a disease caused his body to attack his brain. But through the power of music therapy at Texas Children's Hospital ...