It's a sinister-looking scene with a scientific explanation. Dan Smith takes us on a trek to the South Pole, to the ...

Researchers are learning how to coax aging blood stem cells in mice to behave more like their younger counterparts, restoring immune function and resilience that typically fade with age. By tuning the ...

University of Notre Dame researchers are leveraging the International Space Station National Laboratory to enhance biosensing technology for earlier cancer detection CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Sept. 3, ...

NPR’s Ailsa Chang talks to Mother Jones’ Maddie Oatman about her recent reporting revealing how menstrual blood has long been an overlooked source of key medical information. OK, we're going to take a ...

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Scientists found that two brain-made chemicals, including oxytocin, may play a role in increasing blood pressure after repeated periods of low oxygen. When you purchase through links on our site, we ...

We have sent robots to Mars, made working artificial hearts, explored the deepest depths of the Mariana Trench and sequenced the human genome, and yet, we haven’t been able to make artificial blood.

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Scuttling about in the Indian River Lagoon's murky depths, horseshoe crabs — regarded as "living fossils" that predate the dinosaurs — may provide a future biomedical function that helps keep NASA ...