Scarring is a key feature of chronic kidney disease. Now, University of Connecticut researchers report in Kidney ...

Scarring is one of the biggest problems in chronic kidney disease. When the kidneys are damaged over time, scar tissue builds ...

Researchers at the University of Arizona have uncovered a previously unknown population of circulating immune cells that play a critical role in fibrosis, the buildup of scar tissue that can lead to ...

Doctors in the U.S. perform nearly 800,000 total knee replacements every year, but some estimates indicate that up to 10% of patients may emerge from surgery with a new problem: arthrofibrosis, or ...

Having cataract surgery these days has been streamlined in comparison to the ordeal it was years ago. Many years ago, cataracts were removed in a hospital setting and the patient during post-op had to ...

Scars come in all shapes, sizes and colors and are the result of the skin's natural healing process after damage, whether it's caused by surgery, infection, injury or rapid body growth. Scars serve an ...