Vanderbilt University Biological & Biomedical Graduate Students
🔬 New #research from Vanderbilt reveals how tissues sense and repair damage to the body’s “hidden support system”—basement membranes, which are critical structures that help maintain tissue integrity. 🧬 🛠️Read more: medschool.vanderbilt.edu/basic-scienc...
A new study uncovered how tissues detect and respond to damage in basement membranes, and how they recruit a previously unknown set of “matrix mender” cells to repair the tissue. The re…