Synthetic skin could aid wound healing
Engineers have devised a fabric dressing whose thickness and elasticity can be custom-matched to specific areas of the body.
Bio & Medicine
Jul 1, 2019
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News tagged with skin cells
Japan experts to OK animal-human embryos test: reports (Update)
Proposed experiments with animal-human embryos cleared the first regulatory hurdle Tuesday, reports said, as Japanese scientists seek permission for tests that could see human organs produced inside the growing body of an ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 18, 2013
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Fire ant venom compounds may lead to skin treatments
Compounds derived from fire ant venom can reduce skin thickening and inflammation in a mouse model of psoriasis, Emory and Case Western scientists have shown.
Biochemistry
Sep 11, 2017
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Could viruses be used to treat acne?
Watch out, acne. Doctors soon may have a new weapon against zits: a harmless virus living on our skin that naturally seeks out and kills the bacteria that cause pimples.
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 25, 2012
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Human umbilical cord blood cell co-culture supports embryonic stem cell expansion
Researchers in Taiwan have developed a "safe, feasible and robust co-culture system" supplied by human umbilical cord mensenchymal stem cells (HUCMSCs) to feed the sustained culture used for human embryonic stem cell (hESC) ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 15, 2012
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Modeling how cells choose their fates
It may seem hard to believe, but each one of us began as a single cell that proliferated into the trillions of cells that make up our bodies. Though each of our cells has the exact same genetic information, each also performs ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 21, 2022
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Proteins snap those wrinkly fingers back into shape
You know how your fingers wrinkle up in the bath? The outer layer of your skin absorbs water and swells up, forming ridges – but quickly returns to its old state when dry. Two physicists, Professor Roland Roth of Tübingen ...
General Physics
Feb 7, 2014
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Why wavy wounds heal faster than straight wounds
Wavy wounds heal faster than straight wounds because shapes influence cell movements, a team of researchers at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) study has found.
Cell & Microbiology
May 15, 2023
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Stem cell reprogramming made easier
Weizmann Institute scientists show that removing one protein from adult cells enables them to efficiently turn back the clock to a stem-cell-like state.
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 18, 2013
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Frog-killing fungus paralyzes amphibian immune response
A fungus that is killing frogs and other amphibians around the world releases a toxic factor that disables the amphibian immune response, Vanderbilt University investigators report Oct. 18 in the journal Science.
Plants & Animals
Oct 17, 2013
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