Background Mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) has long been debated as an early nonspecific phase/symptom of ...

Within the prior 24 months, I have had a financial relationship with a company producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients: Receive the the ...

With the support of the Pamela and David Ott Fund and the John M. O'Quinn Foundation, The Pamela and David Ott Center of Excellence in Heritable Disorders of Connective Tissue and Ehlers-Danlos ...

In today's episode, Dr. George Pins of the Biomedical Engineering Department at Worcester Polytechnic Institute talks to Adam about human connective tissue and cutting-edge engineering efforts to ...

Treatment depends on the sarcoma’s type, location, grade, and stage, as well as the patient’s overall health and goals of care. Many patients benefit from a team approach that includes oncologists, ...

About half of women over 40 have dense breasts. The denser the breast tissue, the more difficult it is to spot cancer on a ...

The knee is a meeting place for four bones — the femur (thigh bone), tibia (shinbone), fibula (calf bone), and patella (kneecap). It requires several ligaments to keep these bones in place and ...

The international standard for the classification and nomenclature of histologies is the International Classification of Diseases for Oncology, Third Edition (ICD-O-3). This classification is based on ...

Scientists have developed the ability to take regular cells from a pig's connective tissues, known as fibroblasts, and transform them into stem cells, eliminating several of the hurdles associated ...

Ravin Ratan, MD, MEd, of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, explains the origins of soft tissue sarcomas within the body—which account for 1% of cancers in adult patients—how they are ...

A research team from the University of Cologne has shown how zebrafish can rebuild their nerve pathways and restore their ...