Every year around 11 million people suffer severe burns. The resulting large, deep wounds caused by burning only heal slowly; this results in lifelong scars. What is needed to reduce this kind of ...

Blood vascular endothelial cells (BECs) in lymphoid tissues control the homeostatic homing of lymphocytes and recruitment of leukocytes during inflammation, regulate metabolite exchange and blood flow ...

Capillaries are very tiny blood vessels — so small that a single red blood cell can barely fit through them. They help to connect your arteries and veins in addition to facilitating the exchange of ...

San Francisco, CA--June 21, 2018--Prellis Biologics, a San Francisco-based 3D tissue printing company, announced that it has reached record speed and resolution in the quest to print human tissue with ...

A significant step forward has been taken in the area of kidney regenerative medicine! Researchers at Kumamoto University in Japan transplanted kidney tissue made from human induced pluripotent stem ...

Arteries carry oxygenated blood away from your heart. They have thick walls and a muscular layer that keeps your blood moving. Arteries can be as wide as a nickel (about two centimeters). They are the ...

If you visit the doctor because of a sore throat, he’ll examine your lymph nodes faster than you can say “strep test.” He won’t check all of them because there are hundreds of lymph nodes in your body ...

Inflammation is the body's attempt to restore homeostasis; it is the initial reaction to injury and the first step in the healing process. Wound healing cannot occur if the inflammatory response is ...

There are several theoretical benefits associated with the use of hypertonic saline with regard to hemodynamics, immune modulation, and ICP reduction. TBI is a disruption of the normal function of the ...

Researchers have engineered skin cells for the very first time containing blood and lymphatic capillaries. They succeeded in isolating all the necessary types of skin cells from human skin tissue and ...