Sensors that measure sweat could be coming to the market soon, but for them to be useful, we’ll need to understand more about this fluid that our body produces.
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Blood plays a vital role in keeping us alive, from delivering oxygen to the body’s organs to fighting off infections.
European regulators are investigating a possible link between the vaccine and a second rare blood disorder.
Our bodies heal in some amazing ways. Scabs can be an important part of the healing process after we get a cut or a graze.
New laws due this summer will allow gay men who have had the same partner for three months or more to give blood
For 200 years, a small number of countries have exploited the marine wildlife of Antarctica, often with devastating impact on their populations.
Pink blood, green blood, or no blood at all – when it comes to what’s inside a worm’s body, the answer is more complicated – and fascinating – than you’d think.
A potential shortage of crucial blood plasma highlights the case for paying Canadians for plasma donations, rather than continuing to import most plasma from the United States, where donors are paid.
We’re full of blood – around five litres, on average.
A century old therapy is being tested on patients with COVID-19.
A fetus needs oxygen long before its lungs work and it’s exposed to the air. Some ingenious biochemistry explains how the mother’s blood delivers it.
COVID-19 causes blood clots in some people. If these clots get into the lungs, brain or heart, they can cut off blood supply and oxygen, causing pulmonary embolisms, strokes or heart attacks.
Have you ever felt a piercing pain in your head when you eat something cold?
After your body fights off an infection, antibodies remain in your blood. Two researchers explain how tests identify these antibodies and what the data can be used for.
Before a vaccine is available to teach your immune system to ward off the coronavirus, maybe you can directly use molecules that have already fought it in other people.
Grisly early experiments laid the foundation of our understanding of how to keep organs ‘alive’ in isolation.
Our bodies are made up of cells that multiply to repair our organs. But organs like our liver and skin are better at regeneration than our brain.
We can answer this question by looking at the differences between the first, second and third layers of our skin.
Trying a new exercise routine? Strapping on a new wearable monitor? An expert in human physiology explains the ins and outs of your heart rate and why it’s a valuable number to understand.
Every person’s blood is identified by type. Why does this matter?
Principales colaboradores
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Professor and Director of the Clinical Anatomy Learning Centre, Lancaster University
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Adjunct Professor, School of Public Health, University of Technology Sydney
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Associate Professor of Health and Sport Science, University of Dayton
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Associate professor of Medical Sciences, University of Wollongong
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Clinical Associate Professor and Principal Hospital Scientist, University of Sydney
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Lecturer in Biological Sciences, Monash University
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Associate Professor in the Specialty of General Practice, University of Sydney
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Interventional Cardiologist, Alfred Hospital; Professor of Medicine and Immunology, Monash University; Professor and Head, Department of Cardiometabolic Health, University of Melbourne; Lab Head, Atherothrombosis and Vascular Biology and Deputy Director, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute
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PhD Researcher, Staffordshire University
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Deputy Vice-Chancellor Academic Quality and Professor of Molecular Biology, UNSW Sydney
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Honorary Senior Lecturer, UCL
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Chancellor's Professor of Medicine, Liberal Arts, and Philanthropy, Indiana University
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Associate Professor, Design Anthropology, Swinburne University of Technology
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Professor of Tissue Engineering, University of Sheffield
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Professor of Forensic Science, University of Hull
