Microplastics may cause blockages in blood vessels in the brain and affect behavior, according to a study on mice.

Some of these cells probably got trapped in the tight ... They found that mice given microplastics had reduced blood flow in their brains and decreased mobility. The effects lasted a few days.

Other research has shown red light therapy could minimize the appearance of wrinkles, hyperpigmentation, and broken blood ...

Transfusions of red blood cells (RBCs) can be life-saving treatments for patients suffering from anemia, where the body lacks enough healthy RBCs to effectively deliver oxygen around the body. But the ...

Reduced blood flow to the brain is a known cause of vascular ... said the plastic-packed cells would pile up “like a car crash in the blood vessels.” “The potential long-term effects of ...

Made by North Carolina–based biotech company Humacyte, it’s designed to restore blood flow in patients with ... vessels in the lab from just a few cells collected from pig arteries.

Although it is still unclear if plastics could cause similar blockages in humans, the new analysis is concerning as a growing body of research has found microplastics in nearly every part of the body, ...