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Researchers have developed a wound-healing ink that can actively encourage the body to heal by exposing the cut to immune-system vesicles.

Cancers often release molecules into the bloodstream that pathologically alter the liver, shifting it to an inflammatory state, causing fat buildup and impairing its normal detoxifying functions.

After finding hundreds of clinics worldwide offering unproven stem cell "therapies" for conditions including Parkinson's and hair loss, scientists are calling for tighter regulation of stem cell treatments.

A team of researchers has developed a technique that may reveal signs of Parkinson’s disease in urine samples.

Researchers have detailed, at the cellular level, how fatty liver promotes the spread of colorectal cancer to the liver, which could change how the disease is managed in some patients.

A recent study using mice has revealed a way to turn back the clock after heart attack. The researchers behind the work used RNAs to instruct cells in an injured heart to eliminate scar tissue and recreate cardiac muscle, allowing the heart to function like new again.

For the first time, researcher have reported how a specific type of brain cells –oligodendrocyte-lineage cells – transfer material to neuronal cells.

Research shows that extracellular vesicles play an important part in the stimulation of T cells.

Liquid biopsies are becoming an increasingly important tool for the early detection, prognosis and monitoring of treatment outcomes in cancer, and hold the promise of transforming the management of other diseases in the future.

New research has found that a reduction in estrogen receptors in the heart results in obesity in female mice, but not male mice – findings that may provide important health insights for postmenopausal women.