The UCLA advance opens the door to growing other vascularized organ models, including intestines and colons, providing ...

So, as a quick fix, he whips his neck from left to right. Pop. Pop. The thing is: I absolutely detest the sound. After all, it’s the crunch of bones smashing against each other. Gross. In the hopes of ...

Technical schematic of investigational device and its output signals. Credit: Nature Biomedical Engineering (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41551-025-01394-9 ...

Our brain depends on a finely tuned network of neurons, signals, and protective barriers to function seamlessly. This intricate setup underpins every thought, memory, and movement we make.

Summary The posterior communicating artery (PCOM) is a small artery in the brain that connects the internal carotid and the posterior cerebral arteries. Its main purpose is to provide an alternative ...

Microplastics sit on a human finger with an inset image of blood vessels in the brain. Svetlozar Hristov / mr.suphachai praserdumrongchai/iStock / Getty Images Plus In this study, scientists ...

This "tsunami in the body" is one way a blast can injure blood vessels that supply oxygen and nutrients to structures deep in the brain, says Dr. Ibolja Cernak, an expert on blast injuries at ...

From blast to blood to brain A blast isn’t just like a blow to the head, when it comes to brain injury. A head impact tends to injure structures near the surface. A blast wave keeps going.

Introduction Mechanical thrombectomy is a highly effective treatment for acute ischemic stroke (AIS) caused by large vessel occlusions (LVO). However, our understanding of the pathophysiology of AIS ...

BACKGROUND: How cerebral microbleeds (CMBs) are formed, and how they cause tissue damage is not fully understood, but it has been suggested they are associated with inflammation, and they could also ...

Vasculitis. Vasculitis occurs when your blood vessels are inflamed. This condition affects the pons when the arteries that flow to and from your brain are affected by vasculitis. Hypercoagulability.