Page 27 - News tagged with skin cells

Genetics

'Sunscreen' gene may help protect against skin cancer

A new USC-led study identified a "sunscreen" gene that may help stave off skin cancer.

May 19, 2016

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Medical research

Combining ancient and modern medicine, scientists use cupping to deliver COVID-19 vaccine in lab tests

Rutgers researchers studying COVID-19 have created a new way to deliver DNA molecules into skin cells, using a suction technique similar to the ancient healing practice of cupping.

Nov 5, 2021

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Oncology & Cancer

Low-cost 'cancer probe' could spot deadly melanoma early

Melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, is diagnosed in more than 130,000 people globally every year. Now, work is being done on a tool to help in its early detection: a simple, compact laser probe that can distinguish ...

Mar 6, 2019

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Medical research

It takes a lot of nerve: Scientists make cells to aid peripheral nerve repair

Scientists at the University of Newcastle, UK, have used a combination of small molecules to turn cells isolated from human skin into Schwann cells - the specialised cells that support nerves and play a role in nerve repair. ...

Aug 6, 2015

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Neuroscience

Researchers form new nerve cells—directly in the brain

The field of cell therapy, which aims to form new cells in the body in order to cure disease, has taken another important step in the development towards new treatments. A new report from researchers at Lund University in ...

Mar 26, 2013

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Oncology & Cancer

Controlling CAR T cells with light selectively destroys skin tumors in mice

Bioengineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a control system that could make CAR T-cell therapy safer and more powerful when treating cancer. By programming CAR T cells to switch on when exposed ...

Feb 19, 2020

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Oncology & Cancer

Interaction between immune factors triggers cancer-promoting chronic inflammation

A Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) research team has identified interaction between two elements of the immune system as critical for the transformation of a protective immune response into chronic, cancer-promoting inflammation. ...

Feb 11, 2019

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Medical research

The skin aging regulator

Despite progress in regenerative medicine, with age, the skin loses its properties in an irreversible manner. The ATIP-Avenir team "Epidermal homeostasis and tumorigenesis" directed by Chloé Féral, an Inserm researcher ...

Jan 22, 2013

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Oncology & Cancer

Researchers stop spread of cancer in mice by blocking specific molecules

Melanoma skin cancer tumors grow larger and are more likely to metastasize due to interactions between a pair of molecules, according to experiments in mice and human cells. The results may restore the potential for a type ...

Nov 21, 2018

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