How does skin hold you in? How do heart cells beat together? Researchers at UC Davis are exploring how structures called desmosomes, which stick cells together, function and react to mechanical stress ...

A University of Manchester scientist has revealed the mechanism that binds skin cells tightly together, which he believes will lead to new treatments for painful and debilitating skin diseases and ...

Our skin protects us from everyday mechanical stresses, like friction, cuts, and impacts. A key part of this ...

Researchers have laid the foundation for the development of a gene therapy for the genetic heart disease arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (ACM). Their approach, based on replacement of the PKP2 gene, led ...