Microglia, the brain's immune cells, usually serve as diligent guardians. They eliminate intruders such as microbes and clear ...

Grey's Anatomy star Kate Walsh has opened up about the 'subtle' symptoms she experienced before being diagnosed with a brain tumour. Speaking to host Kelly Clarkson on her popular talk show, the ...

Scar tissue forms when a wound heals but is different from skin tissue. For example, it is less elastic, leading to tightness, limited movement, and pain. Exercise, moisturizing, and other home ...

Soft tissue sarcoma (STS) is a type of cancerous tumor that can grow in the body’s soft tissues. If it occurs in the thigh, it may feel like a person has a lump in their thigh, though symptoms ...

Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF ... GDNF protein expression was examined in 21 fibrotic tissue samples (F0=3, F1=6, F2=6, F3=6, F4=3). The aetiological background of patients was ...

BBC Countryfile presenter Julia Bradbury has said that her dense breast tissue delayed her cancer diagnosis. She's raising awareness about the issue as four in 10 women also experience the same ...

It is a congenital optic disc anomaly of unknown etiology characterized by optic disc enlargement, conical excavation, peripapillary pigmentary disturbance, the central tuft of glial tissue, and an ...

The impact of senescent cells on remyelination is unknown. Here, the authors show that treatment with senolytics following demyelination enhances remyelination in young, but not aged mice, and ...

Glial cells, including microglia ... Activated microglia release inflammatory cytokines that induce neuronal tissue injury. By contrast, anti-inflammatory cytokines and neurotrophic factors secreted ...

The body’s response to foreign tissue is a major hurdle to overcome when transplanting ... They utilized CTLA4-Ig and anti-CD154, two antibodies that regulate T cells. The team transplanted ...

Tissue mechanics is important for development; however, the spatio-temporal dynamics of in vivo tissue stiffness is still poorly understood. We here developed tiv-AFM, combining time-lapse in vivo ...