Scientists are mapping how the body senses internal organs. This “sixth sense” study could reveal new ways to treat chronic diseases.

When the human body gets hurt, most tissues heal—skin closes over a wound, bone heals itself. But not all organs heal that ...

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We’ve come a long way from the Vacanti mouse. Back in the mid-90s, Charles Vacanti and other researchers experimented with cartilage regeneration and, with the help of a biodegradable mold and bovine ...

Funded entirely by taxpayer dollars, this first-of-its-kind drug targets cellular metabolism to promote tissue repair of ...

In honor of Women’s History Month, Duke celebrates the researchers whose inventions are destined to improve lives. It’s one thing to be able to recover from a stroke, the amputation of a limb or an ...

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Scientists have achieved an unprecedented look into how the human immune system attacks a transplanted pig kidney, using spatial molecular imaging to map immune activity down to the cellular level.

University of New Mexico researchers studying the health risks posed by gadolinium, a toxic rare earth metal used in MRI scans, have found that oxalic acid, a molecule found in many foods, can ...