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Environment Apr 18, 2024

Toxic fireproof chemicals can be absorbed through touch, 3D-printed skin model shows

Cancer-causing flame retardants found in everyday things like plastics, furniture, fabrics and electronics can be sucked up by the skin and absorbed into the bloodstream in 24 hours, scientists have found.

Cell & Microbiology Mar 4, 2024

Degree of cell crowding in the early human embryo influences cell identity decision, new culture system finds

Research conducted by Dr. Shota Nakanoh in a collaboration between Dr. Teresa Rayon's lab at the Institute and Professor Ludovic Vallier's lab at the Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute has determined that the degree ...

Biotechnology Feb 1, 2024

Lab-grown canine skin provides canvas for testing medical treatments

Reproducible in-vitro canine skin has been grown in a laboratory setting for the first time by researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology IGB.

Cell & Microbiology Jan 16, 2024

Ensheathed nerve fibers in human skin help communicate external stimuli

Researchers have used new imaging techniques to explore the function and structures of the neuro-cutaneous unit, which is the connection between the nervous system and the skin.

Cell & Microbiology Jun 30, 2023

Revolutionizing regenerative medicine: Unlocking the healing power of oral keratinocytes

Scientists have made significant progress in understanding the signals involved in regulating oral keratinocyte cell motility and proliferative capacity, offering new insights into potential pharmacological manipulation for ...

Cell & Microbiology Mar 28, 2023

Skin-on-a-chip: Modeling an innervated epidermal-like layer on a microfluidic chip

Bioengineers and tissue engineers intend to reconstruct skin equivalents with physiologically relevant cellular and matrix architectures for basic research and industrial applications. Skin pathophysiology depends on skin-nerve ...

Cell & Microbiology Mar 22, 2023

Researchers identify novel human-specific mechanism of skin barrier regeneration

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet, Department of Medicine, Solna, have identified HOXC13-AS, a human skin-specific long noncoding RNA (lncRNA), that plays a crucial role in epidermal differentiation. Their study highlighting ...

Cell & Microbiology Jan 17, 2023

Study finds that UV-emitting nail polish dryers damage DNA and cause mutations in cells

The ultraviolet nail polish drying devices used to cure gel manicures may pose more of a public health concern than previously thought. Researchers at the University of California San Diego have studied these ultraviolet ...

Bio & Medicine Nov 4, 2022

Parallel alignment of dressing fibers accelerates wound healing

A team of researchers from Singapore has reported the development of a skin-mimicking scaffold by parallelly aligning nanofibers made up of a mixture of polycaprolactone (PCL) and gelatin that enhances wound healing. Their ...

Bio & Medicine Jul 18, 2022

Tissue nanotransfection technology proves useful in non-viral topical gene editing to close complex cutaneous wounds

The Indiana Center for Regenerative Medicine and Engineering (ICRME) at Indiana University School of Medicine is home to tissue nanotransfection (TNT) regenerative medicine technology that achieves functional tissue reprogramming ...

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