RIKEN researchers have imitated the formation of organs in the lab by "hacking" certain signaling pathways that guide the development of connective tissues in the embryo, which support the formation ...

Your circulatory system contains three blood vessel types: arteries, veins, and capillaries. Arteries carry blood from the heart, unlike veins, which carry blood to the heart. According to the ...

Engineers report on how a computational technique they developed can quickly produce designs for 3D printing carbon-fiber composite materials with an internal vasculature optimized for active-cooling.

There are many different circulatory system diseases, all of which interrupt the complex process of distributing blood around the body. Examples include atherosclerosis, heart attack, and arrhythmia.