Category: Uncategorized

Jun 17 2020

Uncategorized

Wearable patch may provide new treatment option for skin cancer

by Consultant

No Comments

Innovators have created a novel wearable patch to provide an improved treatment experience for people with melanoma. The researchers developed a novel wearable patch with fully miniaturized needles, enabling unobtrusive...

Jun 12 2020

Uncategorized

Novel approach for treating eczema

by Consultant

No Comments

Researchers have identified a key enzyme that contributes to eczema, which may lead to better treatment to prevent the skin disorder’s debilitating effects.

Jun 04 2020

Uncategorized

Hairy, lab-grown human skin cell model could advance hair loss research

by Consultant

No Comments

A new, hair-sprouting dollop of human skin created in the lab might one day help prevent hair loss. An article describes the hairy creation as the first hair-baring human skin...

May 30 2020

Uncategorized

Researchers identify mechanisms that make skin a protective barrier

by Consultant

No Comments

A research team has identified one of the mechanisms that establish the skin as a protective barrier, a breakthrough that is critical to understanding and treating common skin conditions including...

May 14 2020

Uncategorized

Brain signal measurement using printed tattoo electrodes

by Consultant

No Comments

Researchers have developed ultra-light tattoo electrodes that are hardly noticeable on the skin and make long-term measurements of brain activity cheaper and easier.

May 12 2020

Uncategorized

Antihistamines may help patients with malignant melanoma

by Consultant

No Comments

Can a very common allergy medicine improve survival among patients suffering from the serious skin cancer, malignant melanoma? A new study indicates that this may be the case.

May 08 2020

Uncategorized

Skin-to-skin ‘kangaroo care’ shows important benefits for premature babies

by Consultant

No Comments

A world-first study has demonstrated significant benefits to a premature baby’s heart and brain function when held by the parent in skin-to-skin contact. Parent-infant skin-to-skin care (SSC) or kangaroo care,...

May 04 2020

Uncategorized

Gene defects linked to eczema, wheeze and nasal disease among babies

by Consultant

No Comments

A link has been discovered between a common gene defect and eczema, nasal blockage and wheeze among babies as young as six months, according to a new study. The research raises new questions about how soon in life these defects...

Apr 29 2020

Uncategorized

New textile could keep you cool in the heat, warm in the cold

by Consultant

No Comments

Imagine a single garment that could adapt to changing weather conditions, keeping its wearer cool in the heat of midday but warm when an evening storm blows in. In addition...

Apr 29 2020

Uncategorized

Biomechanics of skin can perform useful tactile computations

by Consultant

No Comments

As our body’s largest and most prominent organ, the skin also provides one of our most fundamental connections to the world around us. From the moment we’re born, it is...