Trapped immune cells laden with microplastics starve the brain of oxygen—mouse study links vascular blockages to memory loss and motor deficits, with lingering risks even after symptoms fade.

Real-time imaging shows how plastic-stuffed cells form clumps that affect mouse movement.

But no one was looking at the vasculature," the blood vessels that carry the virus throughout the body and in and out of the ...

Reportedly, she is a self-proclaimed “human Barbie ... Iglesias told the Sun, "Blood transfusions bring fresh red blood cells to carry oxygen through your body,” adding, "Plasma carries ...

A "human barbie" who is obsessed ... idea of helping his grandmother, too. Blood transfusions bring fresh red blood cells to carry oxygen through your body. Plasma carries proteins and clotting ...

the human body's massive network of vasculature can be waylaid by the vagaries of age. Indeed, growing older can impact the very process by which healthy new blood vessels are made, resulting in a ...

Symvess is a sterile, acellular tissue-engineered vessel composed of extracellular matrix proteins usually found in human blood vessels and is manufactured using human vascular smooth muscle cells ...

When you start moving, your heart rate spikes, blood flow changes, and your brain becomes more alert. A woman begins her morning workout, a critical time when the body and brain rapidly adapt to ...

The rerouting of global trade from China to ports elsewhere in Asia is leading shipowners to move on from the era of ordering ever-larger vessels and switch to smaller crafts instead. Just six ...

Many plants, fungi, protists, bacteria and viruses are parasites too. As the blood of leeches contains DNA from their past meals, conservation scientists can use them to search for rare and ...

An oral mercury thermometer. Credit: Jacek Halicki / CC-BY-SA-4.0 Researchers at Stanford University have found that average human body temperature has steadily decreased over the past two centuries, ...

Human composting takes surprisingly little to complete. A body is wrapped in a biodegradable shroud and placed in a long metal capsule — surrounded with a mixture of wood chips, mulch and ...