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pituitary

Where the Blood-Brain Barrier Breaks Down

07.01.2019

Biochemistry, Brain & Behavior, Systems Biology

The cells that keep blood vessels in the pituitary permeable to hormones may hold the key to future drug delivery

stretched blood vessels

It’s a Stretch: Giving Direction to Blood Vessels

13.12.2018

Systems Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Technology & Applications, Biotechnology

Scientists from the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology and the Weizmann Institute of Science reveal the mechanical forces that influence...

Embryonic cardiovascular cells

14.08.2017

Stem Cells, Molecular and Cell Biology, Evolution and Development, Genetics

Videos of forming embryonic blood vessels reveal the presence of unusual cells and the unexpected role of a well-known gene in creating blood

Fluid-filled structures in the placenta: maternal and fetal blood vessels and embryo-derived trophoblast cells infiltrating the mother's vasculature

Untangling the Maze

29.09.2014

Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

A new MRI technique reveals how the mother's blood flow and that of the fetus meet in the placenta

Microscope image of embryonic zebrafish blood vessels

The Fat-Blood Connection

11.12.2012

Molecular and Cell Biology

A newly discovered protein ties cholesterol to blood vessel formation

Prof. Avigdor Scherz

Light Harvesting

01.01.2002

Cancer, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Plants and Agriculture

Chlorophyll molecules have been selected by nature over billions of years of evolution to help plants and certain bacteria utilize...

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