E ver since Austrian scientists first began looking for them in people in 2018, microplastics have turned up in the blood, ...

Cholesterol is crucial for the body's functioning, but an imbalance with high LDL can lead to serious cardiovascular problems ...

Heart attacks are often caused by atherosclerosis, a condition where plaque builds up in the arteries, restricting blood flow ...

In this work the essential contribution of Piezo1 channels to arterial medial calcification is demonstrated. The presence of Piezo1 was proved on human aortic smooth muscle samples using ...

"We found that the cells basically attach a lysosome onto a large plaque, and they expel enzymes into the space that can digest the amyloid," said Frederick Maxfield, M.S. '73, Ph.D. '77 ...

However, arteriosclerosis is the general thickening and hardening of the arteries, often due to aging, and atherosclerosis is a specific type of arteriosclerosis in which fatty deposits called plaque ...