Source of DNA mutations in melanoma
The mutations that give rise to melanoma result from a chemical conversion in DNA fueled by sunlight -- not just...
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Scientists uncover how a molecule improves appearance of surgery scars: Researchers find clues about how molecule improves appearance of scars
Surgical scars treated with a molecule called alphaCT1 showed a long-term improvement in appearance when compared to control scars, according...
A new, inexpensive way to heal chronic wounds
Tens of millions of patients around the world suffer from persistent and potentially life-threatening wounds. These chronic wounds, which are...
More complex than we thought: The body’s reaction to contact allergens
Many people react to contact allergens, but some patients develop rashes and itching much faster than others. Previously the scientists...
Advanced care: Smart wound dressings with built-in healing sensors: Fluorescent sensors glow brightly under UV light if infection starts to set in
Researchers have developed smart wound dressings with built-in nanosensors that glow to alert patients when a wound is not healing...
‘Multi-kingdom dialogue’ between internal, external microbiota: Implications for Functions Ranging from Tissue Repair to Antimicrobial Responses
National Institutes of Health scientists and their collaborators have identified an internal communication network in mammals that may regulate tissue...
Switching from Western diet to a balanced diet may reduce skin, joint inflammation: Foods high in sugar and fat disrupt the gut and trigger psoriasis flares
The secret to healthier skin and joints may reside in gut microorganisms. A study led by UC Davis Health researchers...
Hair follicles heal blisters at personal cost
A team of scientists has shown that the healing of skin blisters is driven by hair follicle stem cells, which...
Internal compression stocking helps against varicose veins
In cases of severe varicose vein disease, dilated veins are usually removed or destroyed. However, when patients later need a...
Many COVID-19 patients produce immune responses against their body’s tissues or organs
A University of Birmingham-led study funded by the UK Coronavirus Immunology Consortium has found that many patients with COVID-19 produce...
Detecting skin disorders based on tissue stiffness with a soft sensing device
By putting a piece of soft, strain-sensing sheet on the skin may be able to detect skin disorders non-invasively and...
Superficial relationship: Enzymes protect the skin by ignoring microbes and viruses
The human body is constantly exposed to various environmental actors, from viruses to bacteria to fungi, but most of these...
Itch insight: Skin itch mechanisms differ on hairless versus hairy skin: Research breakthrough could inform different treatments for chronic skin itch sufferers
Chronic skin itching drives more people to the dermatologist than any other condition. In fact, the latest science literature finds...
Scientists reveal role of genetic switch in pigmentation and melanoma: Study suggests that turning molecular switch off could be a strategy to treat deadly type of skin cancer
Despite only accounting for about 1 percent of skin cancers, melanoma causes the majority of skin cancer-related deaths. While treatments...
Microneedle patch delivers antibiotics locally in the skin
MRSA skin infections are often treated with intravenous injection of antibiotics, which can cause significant side effects and promote the...
Engineering diseased human skin in vitro
The skin, which covers the surface of the human body, is its largest organ. It is the first organ to...
Skin and immune cells coordinate defenses against assault
As the human body's largest organ, the skin is responsible for protecting against a wide range of possible infections on...
Microneedles are promising devices for painless drug delivery with minimal side effects
A recent study from the University of Helsinki monitors progress in the development of microneedles for immunotherapy and discusses the...
3D ‘bioprinting’ used to create nose cartilage: Technological leap offers a simpler, safer way to provide cartilage for surgeries
A team of University of Alberta researchers has discovered a way to use 3-D bioprinting technology to create custom-shaped cartilage...
Scientists invent cryomicroneedles for intradermal therapeutic cell delivery
A research team led by City University of Hong Kong (CityU) scientists recently developed a new generation of microneedles technology...
Preclinical discovery triggers wound healing, skin regeneration
Difficult-to-treat, chronic wounds in preclinical models healed with normal scar-free skin after treatment with an acellular product discovered at Mayo...
Scientists reveal how brain cells in Alzheimer’s go awry, lose their identity: New technique models brain cells in older patients more accurately than ever before
Despite the prevalence of Alzheimer's, there are still no treatments, in part because it has been challenging to study how...
Wildfire smoke linked to skin disease
Wildfire smoke can trigger a host of respiratory and cardiovascular symptoms, ranging from runny nose and cough to a potentially...
The chillest ape: How humans evolved a super-high cooling capacity: Penn Medicine discovery illuminates human sweat gland evolution
Humans have a uniquely high density of sweat glands embedded in their skin -- 10 times the density of chimpanzees...
Common drug could be used to prevent certain skin cancers
New data published by researchers at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center -- Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and...
Study reveals crucial details on skin-related side effects of cancer immune therapies
Immune checkpoint inhibitors, which boost the immune system's response against tumor cells, have transformed treatment for many advanced cancers, but...
An amyloid link between Parkinson’s disease and melanoma
On the surface, Parkinson's disease -- a neurodegenerative disorder -- and melanoma -- a type of skin cancer -- do...
Maddening itch of liver disease comes from a surprising source: Itching sensation originates in the skin cells themselves, after signaling from an excess of lipid
A devastating itching of the skin driven by severe liver disease turns out to have a surprising cause. Its discovery...
How Streptococcus pyogenes can survive on skin and cause skin infections
Streptococcus pyogenes is one of the most important bacterial causes of human skin infections. If S. pyogenes invades deep into...
Relieve your stress, relieve your allergies
Increased allergic reactions may be tied to the corticotropin-releasing stress hormone (CRH), suggests a study published this month in the...
Non-invasive skin swab samples are enough to quickly detect COVID-19, a new study finds
Researchers at the University of Surrey have found that non-invasive skin swab samples may be enough to detect COVID-19. The...
Electricity could help speed wound healing, new study shows: Electrical impulses may help vessels more quickly get healing agents to injuries
Electric stimulation may be able to help blood vessels carry white blood cells and oxygen to wounds, speeding healing, a...
90% of young women report using a filter or editing their photos before posting
Professor Rosalind Gill, from City, University of London's Gender and Sexualities Research Centre, has today published a new report to...
Biobattery-powered microneedle patch can deliver drugs and procure testing samples
A pain-free, organic and biodegradable drug delivery patch may be on the horizon for home health care patients soon. Researchers...
Last-itch effort: Fighting the bacteria that exacerbate eczema with bacteria
In a new study out of University of California San Diego School of Medicine, researchers have identified a universal strain...
Attachable skin monitors that wick the sweat away?
A silicone membrane for wearable devices is more comfortable and breathable thanks to better-sized pores made with the help of...
New insights on how inflammatory molecule contributes to skin and pancreatic cancers
Chronic inflammation drives the development of various cancers, including those of the skin, colon and pancreas. Investigators at Massachusetts General...
Researchers identify mechanisms that are essential for proper skin development
Mount Sinai researchers have discovered that Polycomb complexes, groups of proteins that maintain gene expression patterns, are essential for proper...
Genetic variants for skin color in African Americans linked to vitamin D deficiency
One day physicians may be able to look at an African American's skin color and, with the help of other...
Identifying ‘ugly ducklings’ to catch skin cancer earlier
Melanoma is by far the deadliest form of skin cancer, killing more than 7,000 people in the United States in...
Injection to treat skin cancer developed
Yale researchers are developing a skin cancer treatment that involves injecting nanoparticles into the tumor, killing cancer cells with a...
Team develops portable device that creates 3D images of skin in 10 minutes
A team from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has developed a portable device that produces high-resolution 3D images of...
Developmental origins of eczema and psoriasis discovered: Skin Cell Atlas points to new drug targets for inflammatory diseases
Scientists have created a highly detailed map of skin, which reveals that cellular processes from development are re-activated in cells...
New insights into the link between sunlight exposure and kidney damage
A new collaborative study from researchers at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth and the University of Washington (UW)...
Hair aging differs by race, ethnicity
While aging is an unavoidable biological process with many influencing factors that results in visible changes to the hair, there...
New research finds connection: Inflammation, metabolism and scleroderma scarring
Scleroderma, a chronic and currently incurable orphan disease where tissue injury causes potentially lethal skin and lung scarring, remains poorly...
Getting under your skin: Molecular research builds new understanding of skin regeneration: Formerly ignored ‘genetic junk’ plays critical role in skin cell differentiation and regeneration
As the air continues to dry and temperatures drop, the yearly battle against dry hands and skin has officially begun....
Acute itching in eczema patients linked to environmental allergens: Newly identified pathway explains why antihistamine drugs often don’t work to control severe itch
In addition to a skin rash, many eczema sufferers also experience chronic itching, but sometimes that itching can become torturous....
Toadlet peptide transforms into a deadly weapon against bacteria
Researchers have discovered remarkable molecular properties of an antimicrobial peptide from the skin of the Australian toadlet. The discovery could...
Weaker skin barrier leads to faster uptake of chemicals
The ability of our skin to protect us from chemicals is something we inherit. Some people are less well-protected which...
Low fitness linked to higher psoriasis risk later in life
In a major register-based study, scientists at University of Gothenburg, Sweden, have now demonstrated a connection between inferior physical fitness...
Discovery pinpoints new therapeutic target for atopic dermatitis
Researchers from Trinity College Dublin have discovered a key mechanism underlying bacterial skin colonisation in atopic dermatitis, which affects millions...
Botulism breakthrough? Taming botulinum toxin to deliver therapeutics: Treatment reverses paralysis in mice; offers a general delivery platform for neurologic drugs
While rare, botulism can cause paralysis and is potentially fatal. It is caused by nerve-damaging toxins produced by Clostridium botulinum...
A better pen-and-ink system for drawing flexible circuits
Conductive ink is a great tool for printing flexible electronic circuits on surfaces. But these inks can be costly, they...
