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New Treatment for Psoriasis?
January 11, 2013 — Three per cent of the world’s population suffer from the skin condition known as psoriasis. A Norwegian research-based company is close to developing a treatment that could help millions. The ... > full story -
Staphylococcus Aureus: Why It Just Gets Up Your Nose
December 27, 2012 — Researchers have identified a mechanism by which the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus colonizes our nasal passages. The study shows for the first time that a protein located on the bacterial surface ... > full story -
Virtual Women Reveal More Skin, Regardless of Body Proportions
December 26, 2012 — In the virtual world of Second Life, female avatars expose substantially more skin than males, independent of their virtual body proportions, according to new ... > full story -
Researchers Discover Genetic Basis for Eczema, New Avenue to Therapies
December 21, 2012 — Researchers have discovered an underlying genetic cause of atopic dermatitis, a type of eczema most common in infancy that also affects millions of adults around the world with dry, itchy and ... > full story -
Cancer Diagnosis Later in Life Poses Significant Risk to Offspring, Study Suggests
December 20, 2012 — Relatives of family members diagnosed with cancer are still at risk of the disease even if the diagnosis came at an older age, a new paper ... > full story -
Why Our Backs Can't Read Braille: Scientists Map Sensory Nerves in Mouse Skin
December 19, 2012 — Scientists have created stunning images of the branching patterns of individual sensory nerve cells. Their report details the arrangement of these branches in skin from the backs of ... > full story -
Prehistoric Ghosts Revealing New Details: Synchrotron Helps Identify Previously Unseen Anatomy Preserved in Fossils
December 18, 2012 — Scientists have used synchrotron-based imaging techniques to identify previously unseen anatomy preserved in fossils. Their work on a 50-million-year-old lizard skin identified the presence of ... > full story -
No More Lying About Your Age: Scientists Can Now Gauge Skin’s True Age With New Laser Technique
December 13, 2012 — While most of us can recognize the signs of lost youth when we peer into the mirror each morning, scientists do not have a standardized way to measure the extent of age damage in skin. Now a group of ... > full story -
Thin-Skinned Catalyst for Chemical Reactions: Yolk-Shell Nanocrystal Structure Offers Greater Selectivity for Heterogeneous Catalysis
December 13, 2012 — A team of researchers reports developing a nanocrystal structure capable of controlling catalysis with the pores of a skin-like membrane that can accept or reject molecules based on their size or ... > full story -
Frog-in-Bucket-of-Milk Folklore Leads to Potential New Antibiotics
December 12, 2012 — Following up on an ancient Russian way of keeping milk from going sour -- by putting a frog in the bucket of milk -- scientists have identified a wealth of new antibiotic substances in the skin of ... > full story
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