Bone and skeletal injuries cause extensive and long-term functional impairments worldwide. In a new study, researchers at Lund University in Sweden show how a cell-free cartilage structure can safely ...

Overall, the study shows that it is possible to create safe, cell-free tissue structures that effectively help the body build new ...

New review reveals how non-genomic estrogen signaling undermines treatment response and fuels tumor progression Hormone receptor–positive breast ...

Brazilian researchers have found that stellate pancreatic cells produce periostin, which reshapes surrounding tissue and allows tumors to spread more easily, helping explain why the disease is so ...

Osteocytes, the most abundant cells in bone tissue, have long been underestimated in their functional capacity. Traditionally viewed as passive entities, recent research has illuminated their pivotal ...

Hydrogels are among the most widely studied biomaterials in modern drug delivery research. Their high hydrophilicity, ...

A new Brazilian study has revealed the key role of the protein periostin and stellate pancreatic cells in allowing pancreatic cancer to infiltrate nerves and spread early, increasing the risk of ...

This review innovatively proposes the use of electrospinning to fabricate electroactive fibrous scaffolds, which mimic the structure of the extracellular matrix while providing electrical activity, ...

Recent works in mechanobiology have investigated overarching changes in cell behavior in response to extracellular matrix (ECM) stiffness. Nonetheless, little is known about how key metabolic pathways ...

1 The First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan Medical University, Changsha, China. 2 The Second Department of Radiotherapy, The Fifth People’s Hospital of Qinghai Province, Xining, China. 3 Department of ...