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‘Team of South Korean researchers has identified a significantly increased susceptibility to multiple novel autoimmune and autoinflammatory connective tissue disorders following COVID-19 infection.

The U.S. Social Security Administration has requested the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine establish an ad hoc committee to review certain heritable conditions related to ...

Collaborative research efforts are geared to improving disease that affects connective tissues via innovative drug delivery systems. Researchers at the University of Delaware (UD) have devised tiny ...

Which pulmonary manifestations were present among patients with connective tissue disorder? Pulmonary manifestations were found in about a quarter of connective tissue disorder (CTD) patients, ...

To find treatments for connective tissue disorders like fibrosis, scientists need models that can replicate the structure and function of human tissue when it’s healthy as well as when it isn’t, and ...

Aortic dissection during pregnancy represents a critical clinical challenge, particularly among women with pre‐existing connective tissue disorders such as Marfan syndrome. The physiological changes ...

Researchers from the RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences have identified a gene that when mutated is responsible for a spectrum of disorders affecting bones and connective tissue. This ...

Researchers from the RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences have identified a gene that when mutated is responsible for a spectrum of disorders affecting bones and connective tissue. This ...

A research team has devised tiny cargo-carrying systems many times smaller than a human hair, made from molecules called peptides that help provide structure for cells and tissues. The team has ...