A team of scientists from Harvard Medical School and Duke University has created a new kind of tissue that can change heart activity using only light—no wires, no surgery, no harm. This groundbreaking ...

Current research reveals that alcohol’s effects extend far beyond the familiar territory of liver disease, infiltrating delicate tissues and disrupting essential functions throughout the body.

The skin is the body's largest organ ... levels of sensitivity to UV rays, depending on their age, health status and skin type. Adults over age 50, children under 5, people with light complexions ...

Surgeons used to think that fascia is a tissue that just covered organs, muscles ... layers have nerves that make your fascia almost as sensitive as your skin.‌ Superficial fascia.

Scientists in the U.K., Australia and China have identified a brain molecule called NEAT1 that appears to play a central role ...

researchers restored electrical activity in human retinas—the light-sensitive neural tissue that sits at the back of our eyes and communicates with our brains—from recently deceased organ ...

Using a simple light-based 3D printing method ... a new class of modular biomaterials that can actively guide tissue formation and organ engineering through the bottom-up approach." ...

Connective tissue disease is a group of disorders involving the protein-rich tissue that supports your organs and other parts of your body. Examples of connective tissue are fat, bone, and cartilage.

They report a concerning relationship between micro and nanoplastic (MNP) concentrations in damaged tissues and links with ... plastics in various organ systems: Their emerging links to human ...