The research group of prof. Sanjiv Luther at the department of immunobiology of the University of Lausanne has discovered ...

Fibroblasts, a type of cell found in connective tissue, are involved in important biological processes, such as wound repair. Cancer-associated fibroblasts are those that accumulate in tumors. These ...

Fibroblasts are an essential component of the heart, as they play key roles in its structure, development and response to ...

L uis Garza, a physician-scientist at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine for over a decade, noticed a common issue when treating people with limb amputations at his clinic. They often had ...

Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) get a bad rap. The protective, gel-like complex surrounding tumors have been thought to be a no-go for drugs and are known to enforce treatment resistance. But ...

Cell-based therapies can be developed in various ways, but companies look for methods that are faster and more efficient. At Houston, TX-based FibroBiologics scientists turn fibroblasts into ...

One promising strategy to remuscularize the injured heart is the direct cardiac reprogramming of heart fibroblast cells into cardiomyocytes. Researchers have identified TBX20 as the key missing ...

Scientists have mapped underappreciated scaffolding cells in skin, known as fibroblasts. They show for the first time how fibroblasts go 'rogue' in many different diseases affecting multiple organs – ...

Regular erections could be important for maintaining erectile function, according to a new study on mice published in Science by researchers at Karolinska Institutet. “We discovered that an increased ...