Every second, trillions of tiny parcels travel through your bloodstream—carrying vital information between your body's cells. Now, scientists at the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute have opened this ...

An international research team led by MDI Biological Laboratory President Hermann Haller, M.D. and postdoctoral researcher Yannic Becker, Ph.D. has discovered that a little-known molecule, heparanase ...

Blood usually falls into a few widely recognized categories or types, based on the proteins that are expressed on the surface of red blood cells. For example, A or B antigens may be present there, ...

The blood-brain barrier - a network of blood vessels and tissues that nurtures and protects the brain from harmful substances circulating in the blood - is disrupted in Alzheimer's disease. Now, ...

Drawing inspiration from natural cell signaling cascades, chemists at Université de Montréal (UdeM) have developed a DNA-based signaling cascade that allows them to quantify and report via an easily ...