Research provides insights into the pathology of keloid disease
A study in PNAS Nexus explores the microbiome of keloids, which are treatment-resistant raised scars.
Jul 31, 2024
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Tissues: News and Research on Granulation Tissue
MeSH tree: A10.165.450
Factors ID'd that affect medical decision-making in hidradenitis suppurativa
Factors that affect medical decision-making among patients with hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) include suffering threshold, perceptions of treatment risk, treatment fatigue, understanding of the disease, and sources of information, ...
Jan 17, 2024
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Understanding rapid tendon regeneration in newts may one day help human athletes
A research group led by Nagoya University's Graduate School of Engineering has uncovered how rapid tendon regeneration occurs in newts. The research, published in the Journal of Orthopaedic Research, compared the regeneration ...
Nov 29, 2023
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New tool reveals the impact of 'jumping genes' on diseases
RIKEN geneticists have developed a tool that can quickly and accurately analyze variants in mobile genetic elements, commonly known as "jumping genes." This promises to shed light on the role such variants play in disease.
Oct 31, 2023
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New insights from studying keloid scars could provide novel treatments for fibrosis
New research, published in Matrix Biology, has revealed a potential therapeutic target within keloid cells, which could provide new treatments for a range of skin diseases and fibrosis, including keloid scars.
Oct 5, 2023
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How to care for a new body piercing
Piercings can be a fun way to express yourself, but they can also cause complications—particularly in areas that aren't the earlobes—and need proper care.
Sep 25, 2023
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FDA warns against using bogus treatments for skin condition molluscum
It's tempting to treat little skin bumps on your own, but that delays proper diagnosis and treatment that may work better, federal regulators cautioned.
Jun 5, 2023
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Medicines that modify the circadian clock might help heal scars more cleanly
Healing often leaves a scar. But the role of the scar itself in healing is often underestimated: a scar that doesn't heal cleanly can be painful or upsetting or affect the range of movement of the affected body part. It may ...
Feb 1, 2023
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How to treat scars at home—and hopefully make them disappear
Maybe you've had a skin cancer removed from your face or body. Perhaps you had an injury or accident and needed stitches. However you came by a cut on your skin, you probably want to make it appear as small as possible as ...
Jan 16, 2023
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Excessive scarring shown to be associated with atopic eczema, hypertension and musculoskeletal diseases
Seeking to discover the association between excessive scarring and other conditions, researchers in the School of Immunology & Microbial Sciences and St John's Institute of Dermatology at King's College London used medical ...
Jan 9, 2023
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