Get to know the functions of your heart, blood vessels, and blood itself and how they work together to maintain your health.

When a pregnant woman had her blood sampled back in 1972, doctors discovered it was mysteriously missing a surface molecule found on all other known red blood cells at the time. After 50 years, this ...

Researchers at the University of Florida College of Medicine have uncovered how common age-related changes in the blood system can exacerbate certain colon cancers. Their findings also suggest how ...

Your body's circulatory system is a wondrous thing. It's made up of blood vessels that carry blood to and from your heart and also pumps blood to your lungs so you can breathe. It helps grow and ...

Scientists move one step closer to "universal" donor organs with a successful kidney transplant in a brain-dead patient.

When biomedical researchers need to test their latest ideas, they often turn to engineered human tissue that mimics the ...

Researchers headed by a team at the University of Basel have developed an approach to treating leukemia that involves “deleting” the affected blood system by removing the leukemia patient’s blood ...

The prize-winning discovery explains how the immune system attacks hostile infections, but not the body's own cells.

TO SUPPORT. THE FRENCH QUARTER FESTIVAL PICKS BACK UP AT 11 THIS MORNING, AND TODAY THERE’S SOMETHING SPECIAL PLANNED FOR THE YOUNGEST FESTIVAL GOERS AND THE STEM ZONE RETURNS. AND THIS YEAR IT WILL ...