Rare types of blood such as U-negative and Duffy-negative (or Duffy null) are common in people in Africa or the Arabian Peninsula — areas where malaria is common.

Telomere length varies across human tissue types Date: September 10, 2020 Source: University of Chicago Medical Center Summary: A new study answers the question of whether or not blood cell ...

These carbohydrate structures exist on the surface of many tissue types, including the lining of blood vessels, digestive organs, respiratory passages, and even neurons.

Connective tissue provides the framework and support for tissues throughout the body, including bones, muscles, blood vessels, and organs. It consists of a variety of proteins, such as collagen ...

Now, researchers have wound back the clock even further, and discovered a new type of dual stem cell that can produce certain tissues with built-in blood vessels.

Blood cancers affect infection-fighting cells of your immune system. Find out more about the three types of blood cancer, and how they’re alike and different.

Epigenetic clocks, however, are most commonly created using blood, not saliva, which is why the researchers in this study said they wanted to compare the performance of different tissue-sample types.

Stanford Medicine researchers have developed a blood test capable of detecting cancers, the ways cancer resists treatments and tissue injury caused by non-cancerous conditions. The new test ...

A newly discovered cell that matures into two specialist cell types – an immune cell responsible for tissue repair and a cell that forms blood vessels – significantly boosts wound healing ...

This limitation has raised the question of whether blood cells are a reliable proxy for other tissues for researchers studying the effects of aging, disease and lifestyle factors on telomere length.