Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, United States ...

A team of University at Buffalo researchers has developed a new strontium-loaded scaffold that can be personalized to fit any size dental implant and could help improve healing and tissue attachment ...

A research team from the University of Cologne has shown how zebrafish can rebuild their nerve pathways and restore their ...

Fibroblasts, cells that repair heart damage, might cause a cycle of stiffening and scarring in certain heart conditions. Dilated cardiomyopathy, a leading cause of heart failure, has been seen as ...

July 29, 2003 -- Bethesda, MD -- Cigarette smoke is the major cause of pulmonary emphysema. This disease involves severe damage to the walls of the air sacs (alveoli), causing the lungs to lose their ...

Healing from any injury involves a delicate balance between scarring and inflammation — two processes that can wreak havoc as well as make repairs. When the injury is to the brain, the balance is that ...