Blood vessels twist, branch, narrow, and balloon in ways that dramatically affect how blood flows — but most lab models have long treated them like straight pipes. Researchers at Texas A&M have now ...

Human blood already comes in a bewildering variety of types, but researchers have now identified a new one so rare that only three people on the planet are known to carry it. The finding exposes just ...

Humans may soon be literally pouring their blood, sweat and tears into colonizing Mars. It takes a lot of money and manpower to travel the 246 million miles it takes to reach the Red Planet, let alone ...

Albumin has been identified as a powerful natural defense against mucormycosis, with low levels signaling heightened risk and a potential opportunity for new preventive therapies. An international ...

For half a century, a tiny quirk on the surface of red blood cells has puzzled doctors and put a small group of patients at risk during transfusions. That mystery has now been resolved with the ...

For decades, we’ve known that plastic pollution is everywhere — in the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the soil beneath our feet. But scientists have now uncovered something far more personal: ...