Scientists just made living blood vessels on a chip that act like real ones

Science Daily
February 11, 2026
Blood vessels twist, branch, narrow, and balloon in ways that dramatically affect how blood flows — but most lab models have long treated them like straight pipes. Researchers at Texas A&M have now built a new kind of “vessel-chip” that mirrors the real complexity of human blood vessels, from aneurysms to dangerous constrictions.
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Originally published on Science Daily on 2/11/2026