UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.— When you press your finger against your skin, the tissue underneath temporarily stiffens to resist the pressure. Cut yourself, and your tissue gradually heals. These seemingly ...

Cedars-Sinai scientists have developed an experimental drug that repairs DNA and serves as a prototype for a new class of medications that fix tissue damage caused by heart attack, inflammatory ...

Scientists at Columbia Engineering have developed an injectable hydrogel made from yogurt-derived extracellular vesicles (EVs) that could revolutionize regenerative medicine. These EVs serve both as ...

A heart attack does more than block blood flow. Inside your body, it unleashes chaos. Heart cells flood with harmful oxygen ...

Healing faster: Unveiling the future of tissue & organ repairA journal cover illustration submitted by Dr. Emilio Alarcón's team depicting the study's impact. Combining biomedical finesse and ...

"Zombie cells" both contribute to age-related disease and help heal important tissues. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. "Zombie ...

Our fat tissue could be used to make our bones regrow, with scientists successfully using adipose cells to repair spinal ...

Every species, from bacteria to humans, is capable of regeneration. Regeneration is mediated by the molecular processes that regulate gene expression to control tissue renewal, restoration and growth.

In 2020 biologist Michael Levin and his colleagues reported that they had made “biological robots” by shaping clusters of cells into tiny artificial forms that could “walk” around on surfaces. Levin’s ...