Organ replacement regenerative therapy has been proposed as having the potential to enable the replacement of organs that have been damaged by disease, injury or aging. A research group signals a ...

Stem-cell-derived organoids that swell up with tears could shed light on the biology of crying and dry-eye disease, suggests a study publishing March 16 in the journal Cell Stem Cell. Although ...

Scientists from Japan have regenerated fully functioning bioengineered salivary and tear glands, according to two reviews published in the journal Nature Communications. Researchers from the Tokyo ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The “wedge sign” on imaging is a valuable index of life-threatening lacrimal gland pathology, such as lacrimal ...

Osaka, Japan – Advancements in cell culture methods have allowed for the development of organoids – stem cell-derived mini-organs that mimic the tissue organization of our body. Now, researchers in ...

Researchers grew human lacrimal gland like organoids (mini tear glands) from stem cells to study dry eye disease and what goes wrong inside tear glands. When they genetically switched off autophagy (a ...

We report a case of lacrimal gland oncocytic adenocarcinoma (OCA) whose initial presentation mimicked that of an isolated sixth nerve palsy rather than neoplastic tumour. A 76-year-old male was ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . BETHESDA, Md. – Increased understanding of disease pathogenesis has opened the door for new therapeutic avenues ...

Add this to the list of unfair realities: Some women are at higher risk for dry eye than men, thanks to hormonal changes. "Estrogen and androgen levels play a key role in regulating the function of ...