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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 ...

Plants & Animals May 17, 2022

Researchers glean new insights on skin aging from naked mole-rats

A new research paper published in Aging Volume 14, Issue 9, is titled "Single-cell transcriptomics reveals age-resistant maintenance of cell identities, stem cell compartments and differentiation trajectories in long-lived ...

Cell & Microbiology Jan 12, 2022

Biochip reduces the cost of manufacturing in vitro skin

Researchers from the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M), the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) and other entities have designed a new biochip, a device that simplifies the process of manufacturing in vitro skin ...

Biochemistry Oct 14, 2021

Gel fights drug-resistant bacteria and induces body's natural immune defense

In the fight against multidrug-resistant bacteria, scientists in Sweden have developed a new kind of antibiotic-free protection for wounds that kills drug-resistant bacteria and induces the body's own immune responses to ...

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