Up to 90% of abdominal surgeries result in adhesions -- abnormal scarring that ties together organs and tissues. A gel has now been shown to prevented adhesions in mice and pigs. Surgical adhesions -- ...

Scarring is expected after most operations, but surgical adhesions present a unique challenge for patients and surgeons.

Certain antibodies employ unusual tactics to keep germs from attaching to cells in our bodies. Their defensive strategies ...

Intrauterine adhesions (IUA) are fibrotic scars that develop within the uterine cavity, often following surgical interventions or infections. The resulting condition, widely referred to as Asherman’s ...

Pathogens can create sticky situations. When microbes invade the body to cause an infection, often one of their first lines of attack is to cling ...

Surgical adhesions — internal bands of scar tissue that form between organs or tissues after surgery— can lead to severe complications such as bowel obstructions, chronic pain, and infertility while ...