Health
Your skin is a mirror of your health: What yours might be saying
Skin accounts for around 15% of our body mass. It is the largest and most visible organ in the human body.
Jan 30, 2024
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Diabetes
Examining diabetes with a skin scanner and AI
Changes in small blood vessels are a common consequence of diabetes development. Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and Helmholtz Munich have now developed a method that can be used to measure these microvascular ...
Dec 11, 2023
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Immunology
Mathematical dermatology: Unraveling the mechanism of urticaria from eruption shapes
The skin is the largest organ in the human body and plays an important role in maintaining homeostasis as well as protecting the body from the outside environment. Skin diseases can be life-threatening or heavily impair patients' ...
Dec 4, 2023
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Medical research
New clues into the head-scratching mystery of itch
Scientists at Harvard Medical School have shown for the first time that a common skin bacterium—Staphylococcus aureus—can cause itch by acting directly on nerve cells.
Nov 22, 2023
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Inflammatory disorders
'Super melanin' heals skin injuries from sunburn, chemical burns
Imagine a skin cream that heals damage occurring throughout the day when your skin is exposed to sunlight or environmental toxins. That's the potential of a synthetic, biomimetic melanin developed by scientists at Northwestern ...
Nov 2, 2023
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Health
A century of research shows eating these compounds can help protect against heart disease and Alzheimer's
Perhaps the word "polyphenol" means little to you, but they certainly mean a lot to your health. Polyphenols are a family of chemical compounds present in foods of vegetable origin and seaweed that have been studied over ...
Oct 26, 2023
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Immunology
Uncovering the role of skin microbiome and immune response in cutaneous leishmaniasis
The parasitic disease leishmaniasis is found primarily in Central and South America, the Mediterranean region, the Middle East, and Central Asia and is transmitted to humans by a sand fly. An estimated 1.5 million new cases ...
Oct 24, 2023
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Biomedical technology
Scientists develop a skin patch that painlessly delivers drugs into the body
An affordable microneedle skin patch that delivers a controlled dosage of medicine directly into the body, eliminating the need for injections or oral medication, has been developed by a team led by scientists at the University ...
Oct 18, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Lab-grown skin helps unlock secrets of mpox virus infection
Skin organoids offer a powerful platform for drug discovery in the ongoing fight against the virus formerly known as monkeypox. A new model system for studying mpox virus infections in the laboratory is providing valuable ...
Oct 16, 2023
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Health
How should I add sunscreen to my skincare routine?
Sun exposure is the number one cause of skin cancer—including the most deadly form, melanoma. High levels of sun exposure cause an estimated 7,200 melanomas in Australia each year.
Oct 11, 2023
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