Of approximately 200 different types of cancer, four account for over half of all the new cases diagnosed in Britain every year – breast, lung, colorectal and prostate (Toms, 2004). There is also a ...

Our staff is having difficulty with the definitions of tissue types seen in pressure ulcers. Can you help? There are four basic types of skin tissue seen in pressure ulcers: slough, eschar, ...

Scientists have discovered a new type of cell in the human respiratory tract called the pulmonary ionocyte, and linked it to lung function decline in cystic fibrosis. Pulomonary ionocytes make up ...

Scientists report that the serum protease matripase is required for global homeostasis of diverse epithelial tissues. A group led by Dr. Thomas Bugge of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, ...

Researchers have discovered a new way that epithelial cells, which form layers in organs like the skin and stomach, attach to one another, and how they perceive growth signals at these attachments, ...

Having a large number of epithelial cells in your urine can signal an infection such as a UTI. It can also occur due to a serious condition, such as kidney or liver problems or certain types of cancer ...

Are prematurely aged or overworked stem cells a significant factor in chronic lung disease? Findings of a study just released in STEM CELLS Translational Medicine (SCTM) say this is likely so. The ...

A carcinoma is a cancerous tumor of the epithelial tissue, which is the tissue beneath the skin. Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) are skin cancers, but carcinoma can also ...