Our skin and mucous membranes are protected by epithelial cells. This “barrier” tissue performs its function thanks to ...

Encelto is small, semi-permeable capsule implanted in the eye that contains allogeneic retinal pigment epithelium cells ...

In 'Bedside to Bench', Clare M. Lloyd and Sejal Saglani examine how recent human studies are putting the focus on the epithelium as a major contributor to asthma. The findings shift the emphasis ...

During pregnancy, the breasts expand, resting heart rate speeds up, and organs shift to accommodate the growing fetus. And now, scientists have added one more item to this list: the gut grows ...

Dry AMD causes diminished vision accompanied by loss of central retinal pigmented epithelium (RPE) cells in individuals aged 55 and older. There are no approved vision-improving treatments for dry ...