Telocytes are a unique population of interstitial cells characterised by their small cell bodies and exceptionally long, thin cytoplasmic extensions termed telopodes. Distributed across a myriad of ...

When the human body gets hurt, most tissues heal—skin closes over a wound, bone heals itself. But not all organs heal that easily. The kidneys and the heart, for example, are not as willing to heal ...

Scientists from Stanley Manne Children's Research Institute at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago and Northwestern University succeeded in regenerating fully functional urinary ...

Newborns with heart complications can rely on their newly developed immune systems to regenerate cardiac tissues, but this isn’t the case in adults. After a heart attack, most adults struggle to ...

The ability to regenerate -- from individual cell types to entire organs or complex tissues -- is of crucial importance for all living species. The human body also regenerates, in short, dead cells ...

The utilization of biodegradable biomaterials as a therapeutic modality for musculoskeletal tissue regeneration has emerged as a promising avenue for ...

From amphibians to fish, many animals can naturally regenerate lost tissue. But for humans, this is a little trickier. Now, researchers may have found a way to manipulate wounds so that they heal as ...

Find out about TECregen's, a Basel-based company developing novel biologics designed to rejuvenate the thymus, “thymopoietics ...

Plants have an extraordinary ability to sense tissue damage and quickly rebuild their protective outer layers, a process ...