wound healing

Scientists reveal how the intimate link between hair follicles and wound healing is more than skin deep.

Using a 3D culture system that imitates fatty tissue, researchers developed a simpler process to study mesenchymal stem cell aging and tissue regeneration.

The “wound current” has intrigued scientists for more than a century. It could turn out to be the key to healing catastrophic injuries.

Researchers use blue light therapy to treat infected burn wounds.

In work that has not yet been peer-reviewed, researchers present evidence that microbes can and do live inside the venom glands of several dangerous species. It remains unclear whether they’re to blame for infections linked to bites.

While regeneration has long been the domain of colonial tunicates, a solitary species of sea squirt was able to regenerate into multiple, fully functional individuals within a month of being cut up.

Two gene variations might help explain why some people experience chronic wounds.

The bioactive coating tethers restorative proteins to implanted tissues and fosters new growth, animal studies suggest.

Havran described gamma-delta T cells’ direct function in epithelial repair.

When hair follicle stem cells lose their protein-based death cue, they take on a new role helping to repair wounds in skin.

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Reprogrammed cells fix wounds in living mice.

Previously considered immobile, these cells swoop in to seal epithelial holes and clean up cellular detritus.  

After an initial wounding, genes needed for repair remain ready for action.

Biomedical engineer Kyle Quinn fends off a frenzied Internet mob after being wrongly identified as a Charlottesville protester.

Immune cells called macrophages from the peritoneal cavity of mice migrate to injured livers and aid in repair.

Forces from bidirectional growth plates mechanically realign broken bones in infant mice.

Olfactory receptors in the skin may help repair damaged tissue, a study shows.

Determining which critters are present in an infected wound could aid in treatment, particularly of soldiers injured in combat.