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Collagen, the protein that builds skin, bones, tendons and organs, exists inside cells as a liquidlike droplet rather than the long, rigid rod seen in textbooks over the last half-century, according to a new study from the Center for Genomic Regulation (CRG) in Barcelona.
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ICREA Research Professor Vivek Malhotra, Soumya Bhattacharyya, Center for Genomic Regulation (CRG)
What
Collagen, the protein that builds skin, bones, tendons and organs, exists inside cells as a liquidlike droplet rather than the long, rigid rod seen in textbooks over the last half-century, according to a new study from the Center for Genomic Regulation (CRG) in Barcelona.
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Thu, 11 Jun 2026 14:00:04 GMT · 3h 24m ago
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Why
The finding is the first direct observation of how the most abundant protein in the human body exists naturally inside living cells.
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This discovery challenges 60 years of cell biology dogma about collagen's structure and transport, offering new avenues for understanding and treating conditions like fibrosis and cancer by targeting how cells secrete this crucial protein.
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