Scarring of heart tissue can be slowed but not stopped, and can lead to heart failure. But a new study has shown that an ...

"Estrogen and progesterone increase breast tissue and the formation of milk ducts, leading to growth, while prolactin, which ...

Treatment for endometriosis symptoms include over-the-counter medications, prescription medication that lowers estrogen, and ...

The new therapeutic approach aims to improve heart function after a heart attack by blocking a protein called ENPP1, which is responsible for increasing the inflammation and scar tissue formation ...

Using a computer model that reveals how plants grow thicker over time, biologists have uncovered how cells are activated to produce wood tissue. Understanding the genetic and molecular signals behind ...

The researchers discovered that differential growth of the skin tissue layers leads to the formation of domes, which are mechanically supported by the underlying blood vessels. This work describes ...

Microplastics in the atmosphere may be altering weather and climate by facilitating ice formation in clouds. Penn State ...

This study demonstrates that global or adipose tissue-specific knockout of CIDEC/FSP27 significantly reduces AAA incidence ...

A research group led by Prof. Cai Xinxia from the Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR) of the Chinese Academy of ...

A landmark study led by WEHI and La Trobe University has found a potential new diagnostic marker that could be used to better detect the level of tissue damage in our bodies. Extracellular ...

Heat-induced protein extraction protocols have advanced to the point where it is possible to extract peptides that yield a reasonable representation of the proteome in a given FFPE tissue sample.