"Using fibroblasts to improve the microenvironment of the cells by modulating mitochondrial activity has the potential of fundamentally altering how we treat chronic diseases, and positively impact ...

FibroBiologics (FBLG) announced the filing of a patent application with the United States Patent and Trademark Office covering methods ...

Take degenerative disc disease, for example. When you take a fibroblast cell and you put it into the nucleus of the disc, you ...

SINGAPORE: A new study from Duke-NUS Medical School has identified a promising new avenue for tackling pulmonary fibrosis, a ...

This research shows that by manipulating just this one protein, scientists could potentially reverse cellular aging – ...

Inguinal hernias affect millions of men, with half of them likely to develop the condition by age 75. These hernias occur ...

Myeong-Hwa Song. The team has unveiled an innovative technique to convert fibroblasts—common connective tissue cells—into mature and functional induced cardiomyocytes (iCMs). Their method ...

The figure shows a connective tissue cell in which the adhesion protein talin has been modified. As long as no laser light with a suitable wavelength is switched on, the cell forms normal adhesion ...

A discovery offers new hope in the battle against pulmonary fibrosis, a debilitating lung condition that progressively makes it harder for patients to breathe. Scientists have pinpointed proteins in ...