Researchers used powerful technology to analyse thousands of individual cells at once, considering which genes are active.

elastic cartilage is very flexible and found in the external ear, voice box, and tube between the ear and throat; and fibrocartilage is tough and absorbs impacts at the joints and in the spine.

Current treatments involve taking a sample of cartilage from the ribs from the patient and manually carving it to resemble a typical ear shape. This can then be implanted with a low likelihood of ...

While you shouldn't feel more than a pinch when the needle goes through your ear with lobe piercings, the sensation from cartilage piercings is known to be a little stronger as your cartilage is ...

Ear (aural) hematomas occur when blood vessels in the pinna rupture secondary to trauma or excessive head shaking. Blood fills the space between the skin and the cartilage, causing pain and ...

Instead, vibrations in the cartilage generate sound within the external auditory canal, which then reaches the eardrum, passes through the middle ear and cochlea, and is recognized as sound by the ...