A research team at the RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR) in Japan report they have created a model of the blood-brain barrier using modularized tissue derived from human cells. The ...

3D printed ice template of blood vessels shown on the left. The right shows imaging of cells forming a blood vessel-like structure on the template one week later. ROCKVILLE, MD – Over 100,000 ...

Tiny balls of lab-grown blood vessels helped restore blood flow to injured tissue in mice, minimising necrosis. This approach could one day be used to reduce some of the damage caused by accidents or ...

Dropping an ice crystal into a bottle of near-frozen water produces a dramatic effect: very quickly, the liquid crystallizes into a block of ice. At the molecular level, an ice crystal has a distinct ...