Blood clot researchers could benefit from a new device that mimics a human vein, replacing the need for animals for some studies. The vein-on-a-chip model has been developed by scientists at the ...

Norwegian startup ClexBio is bioengineering human veins to implant inside a patient’s body. Together with CSEM, a Swiss R&D centre, the company has built a prototype bioreactor to grow the veins.

The UB team that a decade ago helped usher in a new era in acute stroke treatment has turned its innovative approach to addressing the rare but potentially deadly phenomena when multiple blood clots ...

Human blood already comes in a bewildering variety of types, but researchers have now identified a new one so rare that only three people on the planet are known to carry it. The finding exposes just ...

Although varicose veins and deep vein thrombosis (DVT) both affect the veins, these two conditions have different causes, involve different kinds of veins, and have unique symptoms. One is also more ...

Research conducted by the University of Hull and Hull York Medical School shows two of the five microplastic polymer types found in human veins came from food packaging. The first food packaging-based ...