THERE have been several studies of the qualitative and quantitative changes produced in different components of connective tissue after treatment of normal animals with carcinogens 1. However, little ...

University researchers have developed a new connective tissue model to study disorders like fibrosis, a type of scarring that occurs when damage to the body causes normal tissue to be replaced by hard ...

With the support of the Pamela and David Ott Fund and the John M. O'Quinn Foundation, The Pamela and David Ott Center of Excellence in Heritable Disorders of Connective Tissue and Ehlers-Danlos ...

Dec. 4 (UPI) --Researchers in Sweden have pinpointed two types of connective tissue cells associated with the worse breast cancer prognosis', a study says. The study, published Tuesday in the journal ...

Recent research from the Medical University of South Carolina laboratory of Russell Norris, Ph.D., challenges the notion that hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (hEDS) is an isolated connective tissue ...

A research team has devised tiny cargo-carrying systems many times smaller than a human hair, made from molecules called peptides that help provide structure for cells and tissues. The team has ...

Loeys-Dietz syndrome (LDS) is a genetic disorder that disrupts your connective tissues. These tissues work to support and lend flexibility to your muscles, blood vessels, and bones. The changes to ...

The ability to extend your joints past their normal range of motion isn’t just a harmless party trick—you may be at risk for chronic pain and conditions like long COVID and POTS. Recent studies ...

A connective tissue protein known to support the framework of organs also encourages immune responses that fight bacterial infections, while restraining responses that can be deadly in the condition ...