Connective tissue connects, supports, binds, and separates organs and tissues, forming a framework to support body tissues and organs. It plays a role in immune function, transporting nutrients ...

For over a century, scientists have speculated about the existence of cells with functions similar to those of the newly discovered EndoMac progenitors, but they had never been identified—until now.

Using their new pipeline, the team built a massive atlas of hundreds of thousands of cells across multiple tissues in the body.

Medical imaging tools have come a long way since the humble x-ray, but most existing tools remain too coarse to quantify numbers or specific types of cells inside deep tissues of the body.

In future work, Muir and Stansbury hope to look at even more time points leading up to obesity and try to more precisely define the different types of macrophages in fat tissue and their functions, ...

Research has shown that they can enter the human body through mouths, noses and other body cavities with connections to the outside world. Yet many organs and tissues are fully enclosed inside a ...

A new study has found that many patients with COVID-19 produce immune responses against their body's own tissues or organs.