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Sep 09 2020

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Rubbing skin activates itch-relief neural pathway

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Stop scratching: rubbing skin activates an anti-itch pathway in the spinal cord, according to new research.

Sep 04 2020

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Wearable, portable invention offers options for treating antibiotic-resistant infections

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About 6 million people in the United States are affected by chronic wounds. Now, a team of innovators has developed a wearable solution that allows a patient to receive treatment...

Aug 29 2020

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Engineers uncover biomechanical effects of skin rubbing

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Understanding the skin damage caused by rubbing could lead to better topical skin treatments and help prevent the formation of new routes for viral and bacterial infection.

Aug 27 2020

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Novel alkaline hydrogel advances skin wound care

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Effective wound care requires the maintenance of optimal conditions for skin and tissue regeneration. Hydrogels provide many of these conditions, but not an alkaline environment. Now, in a breakthrough study,...

Aug 20 2020

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New insights into how skin can regenerate after severe burns

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New research has made an exciting leap forward in understanding how skin heals, which could lead to drug treatments to vastly improve wound healing.

Aug 15 2020

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Scientists demonstrate how genetic variations cause eczema

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New research delineates how two relatively common variations in a gene called KIF3A are responsible for an impaired skin barrier that allows increased water loss from the skin, promoting the...

Aug 05 2020

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Scientists develop new way to deliver more drugs through the skin

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Scientists have showed that applying ‘temporal pressure’ to the skin of mice can create a new way to deliver drugs.

Aug 05 2020

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The wrong track: How papillomaviruses trick the immune system

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Specific antibodies protect us against viral infections – or do they not? Researchers studied the immune response to papillomaviruses in mice and discovered a hitherto unknown mechanism by which the...

Jul 31 2020

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‘Drawn-on-skin’ electronics offer breakthrough in wearable monitors

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Researchers have reported a new form of electronics known as ‘drawn-on-skin electronics,’ allowing multifunctional sensors and circuits to be drawn on the skin with an ink pen.

Jul 25 2020

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Getting under the skin of psoriasis

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Psoriasis afflicts millions of people worldwide, but treatments are limited to small molecules like steroids, which can cause skin thinning and lose their effectiveness over time. Medical researchers have circumvented...