Blood vessels grown in the lab in just five days could quickly prevent the tissue damage that can occur after an accident ...

Connective tissue diseases are a heterogeneous group of autoimmune disorders that affect any of the body's connective tissues. These disorders can be inherited or acquired, and can present with a ...

Bright-field microscopy (BFM) encrypts the optical transillumination profile of the transmitted light attenuated by the complex micro-structural tissue convolutions, manifested by the dense and ...

Lymph nodes are small organs that are distributed throughout the body and drain lymph fluid from the tissues. Immune cells reside in lymph nodes and survey the lymph for signs of infection. If a ...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - UVA Health is launching a new, national program that will target connective tissue disorders, a development that doctors say is sorely needed. Thanks in part to a $3 ...

We present a 33-year-old woman with anti-U1 ribonucleoprotein antibody positive mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) since the age of 13. Predominant features were of inflammatory arthritis, Raynaud ...

A 19-year-old girl from Essex died after pain across her body—stomach, back, arms, legs, and even during her periods—was dismissed by a doctor, who advised her to take painkillers. Isobel Allen was ...

Objective: To determine whether anti-Ro52 is an independent serum marker in connective tissue disease. Methods: Over a two year period, 1727 consecutive antinuclear antibody (ANA) positive serum ...

Genome-wide association analysis of diverticular disease points towards neuromuscular, connective tissue and epithelial pathomechanisms Clemens Schafmayer 1, James William Harrison 2, Stephan Buch 3, ...

Acute abdominal pain in a patient with overlap connective tissue disease A 76-year-old woman with systemic sclerosis-myositis overlap was treated with immunosuppressives for evolving systemic lupus ...

We propose that the acupuncture system and the DC body field detected by western scientists both inhere in the continuum of liquid crystalline collagen fibers that make up the bulk of the connective ...