Alzheimer's disease is not only about the accumulation of toxic proteins in the brain. A growing number of studies indicate ...

Learn how mechanical stretching helped lab-grown vessels sprout and redirect new capillaries, a step toward keeping ...

Blood clots are associated with life-threatening conditions such as sepsis, sickle cell disease, heart attack, and stroke. However, new research from Emory University may revolutionize how clinicians ...

A review paper by scientists at the Chonnam National University summarized the recent research on bioprinting methods for fabricating bioengineered blood vessel models. The new review paper, published ...

University of Cambridge scientists have used human stem cells to create three-dimensional embryo-like structures that replicate certain aspects of very early human development—including the production ...

Cells used to study the human blood-brain barrier in the lab aren’t what they seem, throwing nearly a decade’s worth of research into question, reports a new study “Pluripotent stem cell-derived ...

The full complexity of the blood-brain barrier, with its different cell types acting together, has been difficult to model in vitro. In the June 8 Nature Medicine, researchers led by Li-Huei Tsai at ...