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Size comparison of a microneedle patch used to extract interstitial fluid versus a hypodermic needle used to obtain blood samples.

Health

The fluid in between your cells could help reveal health problems

The liquid between your cells accounts for around a quarter of all of your bodily fluids. A patch consisting of tiny needles could monitor this liquid to check for health conditions like diabetes

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Electronic blood vessel

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Electronic blood vessels could replace damaged arteries

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Red blood cells (erythrocytes) and white blood cells (leukocytes)

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Blood

Does your blood type influence how susceptible you are to covid-19?

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Does your blood type influence how susceptible you are to covid-19?

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Hypoxia - A climber in tent at very high altitude with oxygen breathing appartus.

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Hypoxia

Millions of us take drugs for high blood pressure – is it worth it?

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Millions of us take drugs for high blood pressure – is it worth it?

Features

Rates of death after stroke have fallen by a quarter in south London

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Rates of death after stroke have fallen by a quarter in south London

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New rules for gay and bisexual male blood donors found to be safe

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New rules for gay and bisexual male blood donors found to be safe

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Astronaut working on the outsdie of the International Space Station

Space

Low gravity in space made some astronauts’ blood flow backwards

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woman checking pulse

Health

Blood proteins reveal your age – and could lead to anti-ageing therapy

The proteins in our blood undergo three waves of changes as we age that can be used to determine how old we are – and potentially guide anti-ageing treatments

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Health

High blood pressure in your 40s linked to smaller brain size at 70

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Physics

New type of pipe for pumping blood is just liquid with no pipe

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High blood pressure

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Contaminated blood scandal: Could some deaths have been prevented?

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