Each human kidney has about 1 to 2 million filtering units called nephrons that help purify our blood and remove waste ...

However, a persistent limitation has been that these organoids lack a collecting duct system, which is required to carry fluid out of the nephron. This has been a fundamental barrier to producing ...

The Searle Scholar award will allow Yang to pursue independent research that sheds new light on the blood-brain barrier, a ...

Drs. Christine Carico and Matt Levy reveal why lifesaving blood transfusions remain rare in EMS care — and what needs to ...

Hypertension, known as High Blood Pressure in layman language, occurs when the force of blood against the artery walls is consistently too high. On a global level, this has been set to any reading ...

The blood-brain barrier is a selectively permeable barrier that protects the brain from pathogens, cancer cells and other dangers. When healthy, the BBB only allows an elite group of molecules in ...

The risk of developing blood cancer increases with age. The finding that a molecule from gut bacteria plays a part points to ...

Excess salt is one of the leading contributors to high blood pressure. Sodium causes the body to retain water, increasing the volume of blood in your arteries and raising blood pressure.