Scientists have found a novel way that includes a new lab-grown material that could help slow and even reverse some of the ...

Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered a previously unknown process used by epithelial cells to alleviate ...

A new single-cell endometrium atlas shows how PCOS alters endometrial cell composition, disrupts hormone signaling, and ...

Tissues are ensembles of similar or compatible types of animal or plant cells that together carry out a specific function. In the human body there are four categories of tissues: epithelial ...

Most textbooks credit nearby epithelial cells with the heavy lifting of organ building, because epithelial sheets act like ...

The design and development of functional biomimetic systems for programmed stem cell response is a field of topical interest. To mimic bone extracellular matrix, we present an innovative strategy for ...

The extracellular matrix is a complex network of material such as proteins and polysaccharides that are secreted locally by cells and remain closely associated with them to provide structural ...

Movement of cells taking place during embryonic development, in patho-physiological conditions or in diseased states (e.g., as a primary mode to generate ...

In polarized epithelial cells measles virus (MV) is predominantly released at the apical cell surface, irrespective of the sorting of its two envelope glycoproteins F and H. It has been reported ...

Medical news, education and information for physicians and health care professionals, presented by specialty and topic. From Healio and the Wyanoke Group.

The aggregation of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) into three-dimensional (3D) spheroids has emerged as a promising therapeutic candidate for the treatment of a variety of diseases. In spite of the ...