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.

Researchers have discovered a way to help aging intestines heal themselves using CAR T-cell therapy. By targeting senescent ...

Injecting regulatory T cells or Tregs, which control the body’s immune responses, directly into damaged bone, muscle and skin significantly boosts healing, according to new research. The door is now ...

Researchers unveiled a novel therapy for diabetic wound healing. This research highlights the use of exosomal miR-4645-5p from hypoxic bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) to significantly ...

Without the trillions of bacteria in the gut, muscles might not be able to knit themselves back together after an injury. According to a study published February 22 in Immunity, T cells that normally ...

When the skin is injured, a stem cell’s survival instincts kick in. New research reveals that a simple amino acid, serine, helps push stem cells to abandon hair growth in favor of wound healing, ...

Researchers have identified a new cellular process that helps injured cells heal by becoming stem-like. The process, which is similar to vomiting, was discovered in a new study from the Washington ...

Natural killer cells do not just kill cancer cells or cells infected with viruses, they also mediate a trade-off between wound healing and bacterial defense in skin wounds. If the healing process is ...

"Zombie cells" both contribute to age-related disease and help heal important tissues. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. "Zombie ...