Understanding this unexpected twist in how the body operates may lead to improved treatments for wounds. Don’t laugh: Our interest in this topic began with a gut feeling. Think of how your skin heals ...

The electric skin cell signals, which move at glacial pace compared to those in nerve cells, may play a role in initiating healing.

Observations of electrical signal propagation across colonies of epithelial cells suggest they may be able to communicate, ...

Now, US researchers have discovered that the epithelial cells that line our skin and organs are able to signal the same way ...

The most common surgical complications in obese patients with epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) include wound infection, ...

"Epithelial cells do things that no one has ... "Wearable sensors, implantable devices and faster wound healing could grow from this," Granick noted. "Understanding these screams between wounded ...