New research reveals that scar formation after spinal cord injuries is more complex than previously thought. Scientists have identified two types of perivascular cells as key contributors to scar ...

When the brain suffers injury or infection, glial cells surrounding the affected site act to preserve the brain's sensitive nerve cells and prevent excessive damage. A team of researchers from Charité ...

Hypertrophic scars (HS) are abnormal outcomes of wound healing, marked by excessive extracellular matrix (ECM) deposition and ...

SCI often causes long-term motor and sensory deficits because the damaged tissue does not simply heal like many peripheral tissues.

Recovery specialists emphasize that early scar development plays a critical role in long-term mobility, comfort, and tissue health after surgery. Scar formation begins immediately after surgery, and ...

We all stand the risk of accumulating scars throughout our lifetimes, but curiously, in old age, the likelihood that a wound will leave a thick, ugly scar is much reduced. How older skin is advantaged ...

Many patients seek out their local Emergency Department across the country on a daily basis for management of open wounds that usually include primary closure with either sutures or staples. Open ...

When it comes to your skin, getting older isn’t all bad news. Older people heal skin wounds with thinner scars. As a practicing dermatologist, my physician colleagues and I make this somewhat ...