Skincare

May 17 2022

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Electronic skin: Physicist develops multisensory hybrid material

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Recently developed ‘smart skin’ is very similar to human skin. It senses pressure, humidity and temperature simultaneously and produces electronic signals. More sensitive robots or more intelligent prostheses are thus...

May 15 2022

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Skin drug treatments may regress dangerous birthmarks and prevent melanoma

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About one in 20,000 infants is born with what’s called a congenital giant nevus — a huge, pigmented mole that may cover much of the face and body. Due to...

May 10 2022

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Drugs showing promise in cancer trials reduce scarring for scleroderma

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Epigenetic drugs that have shown promise in cancer trials significantly reduce scarring in the cells of patients with scleroderma, a new study shows. Results reveal that drugs that inhibit BRD4, known to...

May 05 2022

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Bye, bye, biopsy? Handheld device could painlessly identify skin cancers

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A new device uses millimeter-wave imaging — the same technology used in airport security scanners — to scan a patient’s skin to detect if they have skin cancer. Millimeter-wave rays...

May 04 2022

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Study finds healthy-appearing lupus skin predisposed to flares, rashes

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A new study finds that the normal-appearing skin of lupus patients contains the same inflammatory signals that are detected when the skin develops a rash, sometimes at even higher levels....

Apr 28 2022

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Human skin has evolved to allow maximum durability and flexibility

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Human skin has evolved to allow maximum durability and flexibility, according to new research.

Apr 22 2022

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Skin bacteria may boost immune response of mice vaccinated with smallpox vaccine, study shows

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The global eradication of smallpox in the 1980s was achieved by intradermal vaccination with vaccinia virus. A study shows that there is a large increase in skin bacteria and suggests...

Apr 13 2022

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Sunscreen doesn’t protect as well as it could: Here is what is missing

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A new article finds a strong link between the actions of free radicals and free iron in the skin — a link that causes skin to age prematurely after exposure...

Apr 11 2022

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Scientists discover gene mutation that signals aggressive melanoma

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Mutation of a gene called ARID2 plays a role in increasing the chance that melanoma, a deadly skin cancer, will turn dangerously metastatic, researchers report.

Apr 07 2022

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Touchy subject: 3D printed fingertip ‘feels’ like human skin

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A highly sensitive, 3D-printed fingertip could help robots become more dexterous and improve the performance of prosthetic hands by giving them an in-built sense of touch.