Recovering from acute kidney damage isn't just about growing kidney cells—it also requires kidney tissue to stiffen ...

Chronic inflammation may be quietly reshaping the colon and making it more vulnerable to early-onset colorectal cancer. Scientists found that colon tissue in younger patients was stiffer, even in ...

Rates of colorectal cancer in older adults have generally improved over recent decades, but the trend is moving in the wrong direction for younger people. Early-onset colorectal cancer – cases ...

Using a unique stiffness-changing hydrogel system, investigators at the University of California San Diego (UCSD) have uncovered new insights into how the stiffening of breast tissue plays a role in ...

Fibrosis of the lungs is often a silent disease until it's too late. By the time patients are diagnosed, the scarring of their lung tissue is already advanced, and current treatments offer little more ...

Using untargeted metabolomics profiling, researchers have identified several lifestyle factors that could cause arteries to stiffen and increase the risk of heart disease. Whilst many of the factors ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Central arterial stiffening contributed to biomarker evidence of neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration in ...

A study provides new insight into how the stiffening of breast tissue plays a role in breast cancer development. By examining how mammary cells respond in a stiffness-changing hydrogel, bioengineers ...

Overconsumption of a Western diet high in fats and refined sugars has contributed to a global increase in obesity and Type 2 diabetes. Obese and diabetic premenopausal women are more at risk of ...