Each 2.54 square centimetre (a square inch) of human skin has six metres (20ft) of blood vessels. Veins hold about 65 per cent of the body's blood and have one-way valves tohelp blood move.

The study claims the deoxy ribose sugar proved as successful as minoxidil at regrowing hair, with both between 80 and 90 ...

The agency OK’d an artificial vessel to restore blood flow in patients, even though its own scientists flagged questionable ...

A genetically modified mini pig’s liver was able to function in the body of a brain-dead patient throughout a 10-day experiment.

What makes this new study different is the duration and depth of analysis. The liver was fully vascularized and remained ...

Astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore are back on Earth - but what has nine months in space done to them?

Scientists have successfully transplanted a pig’s liver into a human for the first time, raising hopes this could one day ...

Mosquitoes die after drinking the blood of people taking a drug for metabolic disorders — a discovery that could help to prevent the spread of malaria 1. Every year, malaria kills more than half ...

Chinese scientists have successfully transplanted a pig's liver into a human recipient, in a world first. Researchers at the ...

Though Alzheimer's disease is often described as a buildup of proteins in the brain in the form of plaques and tangles, a new ...