As an essential component of the human body, collagen is often hailed as the most abundant protein in our system. This fibrous, yet flexible, molecule plays a pivotal role in supporting the structure ...

There’s an immediate effect of the heat which is contraction of collagen fibers, and a long-term effect of new collagen ...

In the new research, they found that cells migrated more than 50% faster on aligned collagen fibers than on random fibers. In addition, they found that cells use aligned fibers as directional cues ...