Normal scar tissue forms to heal an internal wound and quietly retreats when the job is done. But in many common diseases — kidney, liver and lung fibrosis — the scar tissue goes rogue and s... Read more
Penn researchers help break ground on method to transform cells Doctors have found a way to manipulate wounds to heal as regenerated skin rather than scar tissue. The method involves transfo... Read more
Eliminates the need for stem cell transplant Scientists at Duke University Medical Center have shown the ability to turn scar tissue that forms after a heart attack into heart muscle cells u... Read more
Will the same combination of genes work in human hearts? The latest research developments to reprogram scar tissue resulting from myocardial infarction (MI) into viable heart muscle cells, w... Read more
Heart disease remains one the biggest killers in the Western world. When a heart attack or heart failure occurs, permanent damage often affects the heart, destroying live cells and leaving t... Read more
Image via Wikipedia An amazing example of tissue regeneration in mice might lead to treatments that promote wound healing in humans–but it almost went unnoticed Ellen Heber-Katz, a sci... Read more