Muscle cells self-organize into spirals, advancing efforts to engineer tiny blood vessels that regulate flow

October 12, 2026 · 4:00 pm 2 sources

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• Scarred blood vessels may be one clue to APOE4’s Alzheimer’s risk
  Science News · October 12, 2026 16:00
  Scientists know APOE4 raises Alzheimer’s risk. A surprising change in blood vessel cells may help explain how.

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• Muscle cells self-organize into spirals, advancing efforts to engineer tiny blood vessels that regulate flow
  Phys.org · October 14, 2026 18:40
  Different tissues need different amounts of blood depending on what they are doing. Meeting those changing demands requires the circulatory system to continually balance how much blood flows to different regions of the body.