Wound healing is a response to tissue damage that relies on a complex series of signaling events. Cells such as mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), keratinocytes, and fibroblasts orchestrate the molecular ...

Medically reviewed by Michael Menna, DO Key Takeaways Wound healing happens in four stages: homeostasis, inflammation, ...

Researchers at the University of Arizona have uncovered a previously unknown population of circulating immune cells that play a critical role in fibrosis, the buildup of scar tissue that can lead to ...

A study by the team of Prof. Kodi Ravichandran (VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research) and colleagues found that pyroptosis, a form of programmed cell death traditionally thought to be purely ...

Merakris Therapeutics, a regenerative medicine company developing biologic drug therapies for hard-to-heal wounds, announces that Chief Scientific Officer Dr. Roger Ilagan has been invited to present ...

Medical researchers have found a peptide which, when administered intravenously, homes in on the new blood vessels that are forming in damaged tissue. The peptide has been used as a delivery vehicle ...

Founded in 2009, Tides has evolved from a distributor of birth-tissue products into a biotechnology platform focused on ...

Researchers at Yale University School of Medicine have identified a way to suppress the daily fluctuations in the activity of ...

Open wounds, whether caused by accidents or from medical procedures like surgery, require proper management to speed up healing and prevent infections. While sutures and staples are common wound ...

MC1R is best known for something quite different from wound healing: the gene is responsible for red hair and very fair skin. But MC1R does far more than influence pigment.