The skin is the largest organ in the human body. It makes up about 15% of our body weight and protects us from pathogens, ...

Growing cells in the laboratory is an art that humans have mastered decades ago. Recreating entire three-dimensional tissues is much more challenging. Researchers are developing a new hydrogel-based ...

Neutrophils, known for fighting infections and sometimes damaging tissues in the process, also exist in healthy tissues to ...

The following is a summary of "Heme-induced lung injury in human precision-cut lung slices: a new model for acute lung injury ...

For instance, the cells that make up human epithelial tissue attach to ... providing mechanical strength to the epithelium. The extracellular matrix (ECM) is also critical to tissue structure ...

Physiological extracellular matrix (ECM) calcification or mineralization ... observed in the absence of atherosclerosis, and several human diseases and mouse models presented below indicate ...

A comprehensive proteomic map of liver fibrosis progression and healing in two mouse models identifies etiology-specific extracellular matrix components, laying the foundation for targeted ...