{"id":226168,"date":"2025-11-30T00:11:26","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T06:11:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/11\/the-bodys-molecular-mail-revealed-scientists-decode-bloods-hidden-messengers"},"modified":"2025-11-30T00:11:26","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T06:11:26","slug":"the-bodys-molecular-mail-revealed-scientists-decode-bloods-hidden-messengers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/11\/the-bodys-molecular-mail-revealed-scientists-decode-bloods-hidden-messengers","title":{"rendered":"The body\u2019s molecular mail revealed: Scientists decode blood\u2019s hidden messengers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/the-bodys-molecular-mail-revealed-scientists-decode-bloods-hidden-messengers.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Every second, trillions of tiny parcels travel through your bloodstream\u2014carrying vital information between your body\u2019s cells. Now, scientists at the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute have opened this molecular mail for the first time, revealing its contents in astonishing detail.<\/p>\n<p>In research <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41556-025-01795-7\" target=\"_blank\">published<\/a> in <i>Nature Cell Biology<\/i>, Professor David W. Greening and Dr. Alin Rai have mapped the complete molecular blueprint of extracellular vesicles (EVs)\u2014nanosized particles in blood that act as the body\u2019s secret messengers.<\/p>\n<p>For decades, researchers have known that EVs exist, ferrying proteins, fats, and genetic material that mirror the health of their cells of origin. But because blood is a complex mixture\u2014packed with cholesterol, antibodies, and millions of other particles\u2014isolating EVs has long been one of science\u2019s toughest challenges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every second, trillions of tiny parcels travel through your bloodstream\u2014carrying vital information between your body\u2019s cells. Now, scientists at the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute have opened this molecular mail for the first time, revealing its contents in astonishing detail. In research published in Nature Cell Biology, Professor David W. Greening and Dr. Alin Rai [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,412,1495],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-226168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-genetics","category-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=226168"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226168\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=226168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=226168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=226168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}