Dupuytren Research Group Blog

Swimming the English Channel to Support Dupuytren’s Research

Surgeons and surgeons in training brave the English Channel to raise money to support hand surgery research: http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/yourtown/oxford/8441861.Swimming_medics_show_surgical_spirit/ Cold! I mean …How cool is that? Good work!
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Video: I was a Teenage Myofibroblast (and I loved it!)

Before becoming the villain in Dupuytren’s, the myofibroblast was really not a bad cell. What happened? What caused the change? Could it happen to you? Professor Sem Phan, Department of

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The Secret Life of Myofibroblasts: Dr. Boris Hinz reveals all!

Boris Hinz PhD, University of Toronto, Ontario, CA presents “Fundamental aspects of myofibroblast contraction.” and explains how the process is both simple and complex. How do these little cells do

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