A model of the a-Heal wearable device. As a wound heals, it goes through several stages: clotting to stop bleeding, immune system response, scabbing, and scarring. A wearable device called “a-Heal,” ...

Researchers have successfully regenerated skeletal and connective tissue, although the new tissue was not perfectly formed. The result demonstrates a critical step forward in limb regeneration.

Understanding how wounds heal after injury could be a step closer thanks to a new mathematical model developed by researchers ...

The internet is awash with claims about injectable peptides for fitness, but there’s almost no human research showing they ...

SAN ANTONIO — From the common cold, the flu or even accidents around the home, everybody takes a different amount of time to heal from an illness or an injury. In this edition of Healthy SA, experts ...

Healing from any injury involves a delicate balance between scarring and inflammation — two processes that can wreak havoc as well as make repairs. When the injury is to the brain, the balance is that ...

Scott Johnstone, an assistant professor with Virginia Tech’s Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, and collaborators have identified a protein vital to the healing process of blood vessels.

There are significant differences between, say, tearing a muscle in a sports injury versus muscle tissue wasting away from diseases like muscular dystrophy. Now, a new study led by experts at ...

The average American racks up 4,000 cuts, scrapes and bruises over a lifetime, according to new research. A survey of 2,000 adults revealed just how injury-prone we are — and why. More than half (51%) ...

Cedars-Sinai investigators have discovered a healing mechanism that could one day be harnessed to help treat patients with spinal cord injuries, stroke, and neurological conditions such as multiple ...