Arrowhead Clinic Chiropractor Atlanta has published educational resources addressing how chiropractic treatment can help reduce scar tissue formation and improve flexibility for patients recovering ...

Scabs get a bad reputation because they’re dry, crusty, and inconvenient, but they are one of the body’s most effective ...

The immune system’s foreign body response is important for keeping us healthy – but it’s not so useful when that foreign body is a medical implant. Researchers at MIT have now developed a device that ...

In 2016, cancer biologist Johanna Joyce of the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center published a study in Science that examined the effects of a macrophage-targeted therapy on glioblastoma multiforme ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. researchers have engineered an enzyme that can gobble up scar tissue formed after spinal cord injuries in rats, overcoming a key hurdle to getting injured nerves to reconnect ...

Scarring of heart tissue can be slowed but not stopped, and can lead to heart failure. But a new study has shown that an existing immunotherapy could stop scar tissue formation after heart attacks.

After a spinal cord injury, nearby cells quickly rush to action, forming protective scar tissue around the damaged area to stabilize and protect it. But over time, too much scarring can prevent nerves ...