Like a phoenix rising from the ashes, our skin tissue—and in fact many types of epithelial tissue that lines and covers the ...

Scientists at Duke-NUS Medical School have developed two powerful computational tools that could transform how researchers ...

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 and ...

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 may not ...

Myofascial release therapy is a massage technique that focuses on relieving pain in your myofascial tissues. These are the thick connective tissues that support your muscles. Your myofascial tissue is ...

A new, highly precise photon sensor could help advance the science of growing human tissue, such as bones, skin or vital organs, in the laboratory and could benefit warfighters and society. The ...

Soft tissue sarcomas are cancers that develop in your body’s soft tissues like muscle, fat, tendons, or cartilage. Your legs are the most common place they develop. The American Cancer Society ...

The story of medicine in Pittsburgh has included huge chapters on the growth of transplant surgery. Livers, hearts, kidneys and lungs — all of these are the critical organs people need to survive.

If you've ever experienced debilitating knee pain that prevented you from walking or moving, you understand the importance of healthy knees. The knee is a hinge joint, made up of complex structures ...

There’s another type of organ donation that goes well beyond life-giving hearts, lungs, kidneys and livers. It involves the recovery of large swaths of human skin; long bones of the legs, arms and ...

Can you save the life of someone you’ve never met? Tissue donation can dramatically improve or even save the lives of others. While organ donation often receives more attention, eye and tissue ...