Researchers are learning how to coax aging blood stem cells in mice to behave more like their younger counterparts, restoring immune function and resilience that typically fade with age. By tuning the ...

NPR’s Ailsa Chang talks to Mother Jones’ Maddie Oatman about her recent reporting revealing how menstrual blood has long been an overlooked source of key medical information. OK, we're going to take a ...

University of Notre Dame researchers are leveraging the International Space Station National Laboratory to enhance biosensing technology for earlier cancer detection CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Sept. 3, ...

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We have sent robots to Mars, made working artificial hearts, explored the deepest depths of the Mariana Trench and sequenced the human genome, and yet, we haven’t been able to make artificial blood.

NASA reported a full slate of science aboard the ISS on Wednesday, with astronauts conducting human-health experiments, ...

Aging has long been seen as a natural, unstoppable part of life. From the moment we're born, our bodies transform — first through growth, then through gradual decline. Over time, stamina wanes, ...

Scuttling about in the Indian River Lagoon's murky depths, horseshoe crabs — regarded as "living fossils" that predate the dinosaurs — may provide a future biomedical function that helps keep NASA ...