A collaborative team from the University of Macau and Nanjing University found, using clinical databases and samples, that the loss of a protein named MFG-E8 in nucleus pulposus (NP) tissue is a ...

As the world's population ages, intervertebral disk degeneration (IDD) has become a major medical issue, causing chronic ...

New mechanisms discovered that show how development-dependent disruptions in mitochondrial function lead to premature skeletal aging.

A combination of eyelid pressure patching and decellularized, dehydrated pure amniotic membrane basement membrane healed ...

It makes up around 15 percent of our body weight and protects us from pathogens, dehydration and temperature extremes ... the skin consists of cells that are embedded in a so-called extracellular ...

Growing cells in the laboratory is an art that humans have mastered decades ago. Recreating entire three-dimensional tissues is much more challenging. Researchers are developing a new hydrogel-based ...

The afternoon before he died of dehydration, Kane Gorny was in such agony, he called 999. “The police came to the hospital, only to be told by the staff that Kane was a troublemaker,” says his ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Thanks to a mouse watching clips from “The Matrix,” scientists have created the largest functional map of a brain to date – a diagram of the wiring connecting 84,000 ...

This makes the urine they produce more concentrated and darker in color. This may be due to dehydration, strenuous exercise, or being in a hot climate. Drinking more fluids and replacing ...