Connective tissue diseases can be genetic or autoimmune. Symptoms may vary by disease and can include pain and fatigue. Each disease has its own treatment options. Connective tissue holds the cells of ...

What Is Mixed Connective Tissue Disease (MCTD)? Mixed Connective Tissue Disease (MCTD) is an autoimmune disorder that shows the features of three different connective tissue disease types: MCTD can ...

The increased deposition of connective tissue is a problem in chronic diseases of many organs such as the lungs (idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis), liver (cirrhosis), kidneys (kidney fibrosis), gut ...

A large systematic review and meta-analysis found an increased risk of various autoimmune and autoinflammatory connective tissue disorders among patients who had COVID-19 infection. The analysis ...

Surgeons used to think that fascia is a tissue that just covered organs, muscles, and bones. Now, though, the medical world has expanded the definition to include tissue that surrounds all of the ...

Which liquid collagen is best? Collagen is found in all mammals and is one of the most abundant proteins in the body since it deals with connective tissue. Collagen is found in your muscles, cartilage ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted orphan drug designation for BioCryst’s (NASDAQ: BCRX) lead asset BCX9250 for the treatment of fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP).