For nearly a century, the gold standard for closing severe burn wounds has been split-thickness skin grafts. Surgeons remove ...

A stubborn wound can change nearly every part of daily life. Simple movements become painful. Routine tasks take longer. The risk of infection never feels far away. For millions of people living with ...

A study by the team of Prof. Kodi Ravichandran (VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research) and colleagues found that pyroptosis, a form of programmed cell death traditionally thought to be purely ...

Inflammation is the body’s natural response to injury and infections. It promotes healing through immune cell activation to target bacteria and other infections, but also allows for tissue repair.

Researchers build anthrobots from human airway cells that self-assemble, move, self-heal, and reverse aging markers, offering insights into synthetic life systems. (Nanowerk Spotlight) What kinds of ...

When bones break and there is extreme tissue loss--such as after a car accident or a battlefield injury--current treatments don't often lead to effective healing. But certain stem cells from skeletal ...

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 ...

Few areas of the body face more daily stress and potential damage than the stomach, which must manage everything we swallow.

Learn about the amazing wound healing process of a tiny jellyfish, in which cells "walk" toward each other to close wounds.

Nashville, June 22, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Health Institute today announced the upcoming release of Heal Your Cells: Reversing the Irreversible--A Proven Plan to Heal Faster, Reclaim Energy, and ...