EDS and CTD New England/MA Support Group

The latest research regarding skin and other body tissue and healing, and some with regard to surgery in general.

Listings include a link embedded in the name of the study, the year it was published, and a credit to the group member who shared it with us.

Listed from most recent (top of list) to older resources (bottom of list).

Patients With Hypermobile Ehlers Danlos Syndrome Report Skin Laxity, Scarring, Heidi Splete for MDedge-Medscape, December 2023

New Clues Into the Head-Scratching Mystery of Itch, Ekaterina Pesheva for Harvard Medical School’s New and Research, November 2023

Light-activated muscle grafts show promise in aiding muscle recovery post-trauma, a promising finding for restoring mobility in muscle lost through disease or trauma, Department of Mechanical Engineering in MIT News, October 2023, via Jon R.

How Gut Microbes Help Mend Damaged Muscles, Research shows gut microbes fuel production of immune cells that are called into action to heal muscle injury. By Ilima Loomis for the Harvard Medical School’s News and Research, March 2023 via Jon R.

Key Molecules for Bacterial Growth, Infection Identified, Findings point to targets for new generation of wide-spectrum antibiotics. By Jake Miller for Harvard Medical News, February 2023. via Jon R.

Reprogramming stem cells to heal disease, Disease models using patient iPS cells have created an entirely new drug discovery process, which is now being applied to intractable diseases. by Susan Buckles for the Mayo Clinic, January 2023  via Jon R.

Regenerative Medicine Breakthrough: Cellular “Glue” To Regenerate Tissues, Heal Wounds, Regrow Nerves, Sci Tech Daily’s Biology News, December 2022 via Anita M.

An easier way to remove medical devices, MIT News, November 2022, via Jon R.