Development, immune response and wound healing all rely on the directed migration of cells. When cell migration goes awry, the effects can be very bad, indeed, ranging from tumor metastasis to ...

Using human breast milk may enhance the healing of the cornea -- the clear outer layer at the front of the eye, which helps ...

A new study suggests that human breast milk can accelerate corneal wound healing, potentially offering a natural remedy for ...

The cell migration into the detection zones was captured at time points 0 h ... focusing on the promising future clinical use of keratinocyte suspensions or epidermal grafts. For this purpose, the ...

Wound healing is an intricate process that requires complex coordination between many cell types and an appropriate extracellular microenvironment. Chronic wounds often suffer from high protease ...

Similar to a small cut that heals itself after a short time, individual cells in our body suffer "wounds" in their protective layer, the cell membrane, every day and have to repair them again.

Because the cornea is an avascular, low-cell-density tissue that relies on aqueous humor circulation to maintain metabolism, ...

but the science behind this sign of healing is less obvious than the scraped knee or surgery scar. Scientists are still investigating why a wound itches but it's believed that as the skin heals, it ...