Blood vessels close to the skin are shown in blue; those located deeper are in green. 09:35 For the breast reconstruction surgery, a skin flap was taken from her abdomen using the map.

Inside you, there is an amazing network of blood vessels, the tubes that carry blood all around your body. Every part of the body needs oxygen, food and water. The blood vessels are a bit like ...

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Arteries and veins are the major blood vessels in your body. Arteries carry blood from the heart, while veins carry blood to the heart. Arteries and veins are two of the body’s main types of ...

Charlotte Nawijn, Ph.D. candidate at the University of Twente, has developed a new technique to improve ultrasound images of ...

High blood pressure, or hypertension, is when your blood puts too much force on your blood vessels. Over time, the high pressure can cause other health problems. Blood pumping through the ...

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One of the companies furthest along is Humacyte, a Durham, N.C.-based biotech that makes lab-grown blood vessels, which could help patients with traumatic injuries along with those who use ...

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According to the WHO, adenovirus vector vaccines in particular have ... Amid reports about clot in blood vessels in the UK media, the Serum Institute of India did not respond to the query.

Blood vessels are a series of tubes inside your body. They move blood to and from your heart. Arteries carry blood away from the heart and transport oxygen and useful nutrients to the body's cells.