As breast cancer screening evolves, understanding personal risk factors like density is critical for improving early ...

Researchers at Umeå University, Sweden, have discovered a previously unknown type of connective tissue cells that surround cancer cells in pancreatic tumors. The newly discovered cells counteract ...

Researchers at Umeå University, Sweden, have discovered a previously unknown type of connective tissue cells that surround cancer cells in pancreatic tumors. The newly discovered cells counteract ...

Connective tissues make up and support how the body is held together — the skin to the muscles, the muscles to bones, the blood vessels to surrounding tissue ... The skin is thin and bruises ...

A person with scattered fibroglandular breast tissue has breasts made up mostly of nondense, fatty tissue with some areas of dense tissue ... fibrous (or connective) tissue, which holds the ...

Fascia is a thin sheet of connective ... regular physical activity helps to keep the fascia hydrated and flexible by increasing the production of hyaluronic acid, a substance that facilitates ...

If your mammogram reported that you have dense breast tissue, you may wonder, what exactly does that mean for my breast health? “Having dense breast tissue is not uncommon; about 40% of women ...

The Masson Trichrome special stain was used to delineate the different connective tissue components (Figure 1B ... used to differentiate the smooth muscle cells (stained pink) from dense collagen ...

But while those functions address the top and bottom of the funnel, the middle of the funnel has been underserved. “The connective tissue in the middle — the consideration element of the funnel — has ...

A large systematic review and meta-analysis found an increased risk of various autoimmune and autoinflammatory connective tissue disorders ... can develop slowly, regular follow-ups and long ...

Study: Long-Term Risk of Autoimmune and Autoinflammatory Connective Tissue Disorders Following COVID-19. Image Credit: MemoryMan/Shutterstock.com In a population-based study published in JAMA ...