UCSF scientists engineered old fibroblast cells to turn their genes on and off in the same way as young fibroblasts. The old fibroblasts were rejuvenated: they multiplied (green) and produced more of ...

A team of University at Buffalo researchers has developed a new strontium-loaded scaffold that can be personalized to fit any size dental implant and could help improve healing and tissue attachment ...

Fibroblasts build and maintain the extracellular matrix, or physical scaffolding for cells, in the connective tissues within the body. It is believed that cancerous tumors can recruit nearby ...

This article is based on a poster originally authored by Fiona Leslie, Chloe Whiting, and Megan Webster. Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic and progressive interstitial lung disease ...

In recent years, interest has grown around two investigational peptides, BPC-157 and TB-500, proposed as part of a combined research-oriented protocol to explore tissue regeneration, angiogenesis, and ...

Healing from any injury involves a delicate balance between scarring and inflammation — two processes that can wreak havoc as well as make repairs. When the injury is to the brain, the balance is that ...

A University of Houston pharmacology researcher and expert in cardiac development has identified a new cause of - and repair ...

Loss-of-function in epicardial proteins called Numb Family Proteins, leads to left ventricular noncompaction, or spongy heart, presenting ...