Mesenchymal stem cells can self-renew by dividing and can differentiate into multiple tissues including bone, cartilage, muscle and fat cells, and connective tissue.

Dysregulation of extracellular matrix (ECM) homeostasis plays a role in the accelerated degradation of cartilage in osteoarthritis (OA). Here the authors engineer an injectable hydrogel based on ...

The images in (A, B, D, E & F) were reproduced from [12,24,35,36], with permission from (A, B & D) Elsevier; (E) Springer; and (F) the American Physiological Society; the micrograph in (C) was ...

A colorized computed tomography (CT) scan of the brain revealing blood vessels in the brain. A new study finds microplastics accumulate at higher levels in human brains than in the liver and ...

Abstract and Introduction Abstract Nanobacteria have been at the center of a major scientific controversy in recent years owing to claims that they represent not only the smallest living ...