Cardiovascular Disease
Sciences & Technology
We’re closer to ‘engineering’ blood vessels
Cardiovascular disease is a global killer. Now researchers have developed a fast, inexpensive and scalable method for engineering blood vessels from natural tissue
Health & Medicine
An unexpected find opens a new way to regulate blood pressure
In what could be a new pathway for drug therapies to treat hypertension, a team of brain researchers have discovered that zinc plays a key role in lowering blood pressure
Health & Medicine
3D printing to save hearts
New advances in medicine and engineering are letting surgeons print arteries in 3D to personalise treatment for heart disease
Health & Medicine
Diabetes and exercise capacity linked to glycogen in muscle tissue
Researchers show that a gene which converts glucose to glycogen in muscle tissue improves blood sugar levels and increases exercise capacity