The exact role of a tissue in an organism depends on what types of cells it contains. For example, the endothelial tissue that lines the human gastrointestinal tract consists of several cell types.

It’s usually thicker than normal skin and can be discolored or shiny. Scar tissue is the thickened, fibrous connective tissue that develops after healthy skin cells have been destroyed.

Scar tissue forms when a wound heals but is different from skin tissue. For example, it is less elastic, leading to tightness, limited movement, and pain. Exercise, moisturizing, and other home ...

BBC Countryfile presenter Julia Bradbury has said that her dense breast tissue delayed her cancer diagnosis. She's raising awareness about the issue as four in 10 women also experience the same ...

Tissue engineering is an interdisciplinary field that combines principles from engineering, biology, and materials science to develop biological substitutes that restore, maintain, or improve tissue ...

Endometriosis is a condition that can affect females. It happens when tissue that is similar to that of endometrial tissue grows outside the uterus. It can be difficult to diagnose and carries ...

Just as in situ hybridization-based imaging and state of the art sequencing have brought spatially-resolved transcriptomes to the research forefront, scientists employ established and novel methods to ...