For nearly a century, the gold standard for closing severe burn wounds has been split-thickness skin grafts. Surgeons remove the outermost layer of skin, the epidermis, and a sliver of the underlayer, ...

Lengthening life by eliminating old, inflammatory cells is a tantalizing idea, but anti-aging researchers suspect it's oversimplified. Now, University of Connecticut researchers confirm in an article ...

A jellyfish no wider than a dime can do something human skin cannot. When its surface is torn, the wound can close in minutes ...

Inflammation is the body’s natural response to injury and infections. It promotes healing through immune cell activation to target bacteria and other infections, but also allows for tissue repair.

Learn about the amazing wound healing process of a tiny jellyfish, in which cells "walk" toward each other to close wounds.

When injured, cells have well-regulated responses to promote healing. These include a long-studied self-destruction process that cleans up dead and damaged cells as well as a more recently identified ...

Few areas of the body face more daily stress and potential damage than the stomach, which must manage everything we swallow.

Innate immune cells including macrophages and neutrophils have unique properties that allows them to quickly accumulate in large numbers at the site of infection or injury. A new study establishes ...

A new breakthrough study highlights that killing zombie cells could speed up wound healing and slow down skin ageing. Here is ...

Under the surface of an organ, many different cell types participate in crucial interactions. This means that when an organ suffers damage, fixing it is not as easy as slapping on a Band-Aid.

A stubborn wound can change nearly every part of daily life. Simple movements become painful. Routine tasks take longer. The risk of infection never feels far away. For millions of people living with ...

Nashville, June 22, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Health Institute today announced the upcoming release of Heal Your Cells: Reversing the Irreversible--A Proven Plan to Heal Faster, Reclaim Energy, and ...