skin
Infographic: Immune Cell Monitoring Via a Skin Patch
Ruth Williams | Mar 1, 2019 | 1 min read
A stick-on patch enables sampling of immune cells in the skin.
Salt Could Play a Role in Allergies
Abby Olena, PhD | Feb 20, 2019 | 3 min read
High salt concentrations are present in the affected skin of people with atopic dermatitis and promote the differentiation of the T helper cells involved in the development of allergic diseases.
Image of the Day: Light Salve
Carolyn Wilke | Jan 2, 2019 | 1 min read
Researchers used infrared light to relieve itchy mice.
Director of NIAMS Stephen Katz Dies
Jef Akst | Dec 28, 2018 | 2 min read
The head of the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases was a leader in the study of skin-based immunology.
Image of the Day: Shark Skin
Ashley Yeager | Nov 8, 2018 | 1 min read
Fish scales follow a model famed computer scientist Alan Turing developed to describe patterns observed in other animals’ feathers, spines, and scales.
Image of the Day: Cracked Skin
Jef Akst | Oct 9, 2018 | 1 min read
Micrometer-scale fractures in elephant skin results from the way the epidermis grows.
Synthetic Sandalwood Maintains Hair Growth in Human Tissue
Kerry Grens | Sep 18, 2018 | 2 min read
The compound engages with a receptor in hair follicle cells and prevents skin cells from dying.
Gene-Edited Skin Patch Prevents Cocaine Overdose in Mice
Shawna Williams | Sep 17, 2018 | 4 min read
With a built-in supply of a powerful cocaine-chomping enzyme, the transplant might also curb addiction.
Hungry Macrophages Keep Tattoos on Mice’s Skin
Diana Kwon | Mar 7, 2018 | 2 min read
A new study reveals that a constant stream of ink-gobbling immune cells helps hold tattoos in place.
Researchers Create Hair-Growing Skin Organoids
Catherine Offord | Jan 2, 2018 | 2 min read
The mini-organs reproduce the two cell layers present in mouse skin and the development of hair follicles, providing a potential model for skin and hair research.
Child Receives Transgenic Skin
Ruth Williams | Jan 1, 2018 | 4 min read
A combination gene-and-cell therapy has given a boy with a grievous skin disease a new lease on life, and resolved a dermatology debate to boot.
Skin “Remembers” Wounds, Heals Faster the Second Time Around
Katarina Zimmer | Jan 1, 2018 | 2 min read
After an initial wounding, genes needed for repair remain ready for action.
Linoleic Acid Derivatives Potentially Mediate Pain and Itch in the Skin
Katarina Zimmer | Jan 1, 2018 | 2 min read
Researchers uncover a family of compounds that may be involved in pain transmission.
Child Receives Transgenic Skin Over Most of His Body
Ruth Williams | Nov 8, 2017 | 4 min read
A combination gene-and-cell therapy has given a boy with a grievous skin disease a new lease on life, and has resolved a dermatology debate to boot.
Study Illuminates Genetics of Skin Color
Ashley P. Taylor | Oct 12, 2017 | 2 min read
Researchers identified genes related to melanin levels in African populations.
Bathtub Bloodbath, 1793
Shawna Williams | Oct 1, 2017 | 2 min read
French revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat took on many roles over the course of his life, including physician and scientist.
Skin Graft-based Gene Therapy Treats Diabetes in Mice
Shawna Williams | Aug 4, 2017 | 2 min read
A small patch of engineered cells makes an enzyme that stimulates insulin release.
Valerie Horsley Gets Under Skin
Kerry Grens | May 1, 2017 | 3 min read
The Yale University cell and molecular biologist is probing the deep mysteries of epidermal cells.
Infographic: How the Zebrafish Got Its Stripes
Catherine Offord | Apr 30, 2017 | 1 min read
Immune cells called macrophages shuttle cellular messages in the skin.
TS Picks: October 17, 2016
Kerry Grens | Oct 17, 2016 | 2 min read
Problematic dietary advice; the man whose cells were fixed with CRISPR; treating toads