Skin Care News

May 1, 2025

Top Headlines

Are 'Zombie' Skin Cells Harmful or Helpful? The Answer May Be in Their Shapes

Apr. 25, 2025 — Researchers have identified three subtypes of senescent skin cells with distinct shapes, biomarkers, and functions -- an advance that could equip scientists with the ability to target and kill the ...

New Cell Therapy Shows Promising Results in Advanced Tumor Diseases

Apr. 25, 2025 — In recent years, cell therapies have developed alongside chemotherapy and immunotherapy to become a new pillar in the treatment of patients with blood and lymph gland cancer. In solid tumors, such as skin, lung, or bone and soft tissue cancer ...

Researchers Identify Pathway Responsible for Calciphylaxis, a Rare and Serious Condition

Apr. 23, 2025 — The global burden of chronic kidney disease (CKD) is rising, with more than 800 million people affected worldwide. Vascular diseases in patients with CKD are unique and grouped as uremic vascular ...

Smart Bandage Clears New Hurdle: Monitors Chronic Wounds in Human Patients

Apr. 23, 2025 — The iCares bandage uses innovative microfluidic components, sensors, and machine learning to sample and analyze wounds and provide data to help patients and caregivers make treatment ...

Latest Headlines

updated 9:14pm EDT

Artificial Skin from Hydrogels

Apr. 15, 2025 — Growing cells in the laboratory is an art that humans have mastered decades ago. Recreating entire three-dimensional tissues is much more challenging. Researchers are developing a new hydrogel-based ...

Alternate Local Skin Cooling and Heating Ameliorates Impaired Forearm Skin Vasodilation Function Mediated by Prolonged Sitting

Apr. 10, 2025 — Impaired vascular function leads to cardiovascular disease. Researchers have found that prolonged sitting impairs forearm cutaneous vasodilation ...

Discovery Reveals Protein Involved in Parkinson's Disease Also Drives Skin Cancer

Apr. 9, 2025 — A small protein involved in neurodegeneration leading to Parkinson's disease also drives a type of skin cancer known as melanoma, according to new ...

Your Skin Is Breathing: New Wearable Device Can Measure It

Apr. 9, 2025 — Rsearchers have developed the first wearable device for measuring gases emitted from and absorbed by the skin. By analyzing these gases, the device offers an entirely new way to assess skin health, ...

PEPITEM Sequence Shows Effects in Psoriasis, Comparable to Steroid Cream

Apr. 3, 2025 — Scientists have shown that a sequence of just three amino acids may reduce the severity of psoriasis, when applied topically in an emollient ...

Bubbly Idea: Ultrafine Bubble Showers Suppress Atopic Dermatitis

Mar. 21, 2025 — A medical research team has confirmed that ultrafine bubble showers significantly suppress inflammation in mice with atopic dermatitis due to external ...

Promising Active Ingredient for Lupus Therapy

Mar. 12, 2025 — Lupus is an autoimmune disease where the body's immune system attacks its own tissues and organs, causing inflammation and damaging organs. A new study has now shown that the natural active ...

Wrong on Skin Care: Keratinocytes, Not Fibroblasts, Make Collagen for Healthy Skin

Mar. 12, 2025 — Challenging the long-standing belief that fibroblasts produce skin collagen, researchers have investigated collagen formation in the 'glass-skinned' ...

Blind to the Burn: Misconceptions About Skin Cancer Risk in the US

Mar. 12, 2025 — Experiencing five or more severe sunburns between the ages of 15 and 20 increases the risk of melanoma by 80% and nonmelanoma skin cancer by 68%. This study is among the few to examine the ...

Is Red Wine a Healthier Choice Than White Wine? Uncorking the Cancer Risks

Mar. 10, 2025 — Researchers have conducted a study that scours 'the vast and often contradictory literature on the carcinogenicity of red and white wine' to assess whether this assumption holds up, and to compare ...

Researchers Create Gel That Can Self-Heal Like Human Skin

Mar. 7, 2025 — Until now, artificial gels have either managed to replicate high stiffness or natural skin's self-healing properties, but not both. Now, a team of researchers has developed a hydrogel with a ...

New Treatment Option for Psoriasis Discovered

Mar. 3, 2025 — Psoriasis is one of the most common chronic inflammatory skin diseases, affecting around 250,000 people in Austria. While previous treatment approaches have mainly focused on inhibiting ...

Hormones May Have Therapeutic Potential to Prevent Wrinkles, Hair Graying

Feb. 25, 2025 — Hormones may be leveraged to treat and prevent signs of aging such as wrinkles and hair graying, according to a new ...

Dermatology Researchers Discover New Skin Disease Using Innovative Diagnostic Platform

Feb. 24, 2025 — Researchers described a new skin disease in a male patient with erythroderma, causing 80 percent of his skin to be covered with red, exfoliating skin lesions that itched and burned. After undergoing ...

Plant-Rich, Low Saturated-Fat Diet Associated With Reduced Psoriasis Severity

Feb. 21, 2025 — A diet of fruits and vegetables, whole grains, low-fat dairy foods and lean meats, low in salt and sugar, is associated with reduced psoriasis severity, new research ...

Scientists Develop Novel Self-Healing Electronic Skin for Health Monitoring

Feb. 12, 2025 — Researchers have achieved a breakthrough in wearable health technology by developing a novel self-healing electronic skin (E-Skin) that repairs itself in seconds after damage. This could potentially ...

A Light-Activated Drug to Fight Psoriasis

Feb. 3, 2025 — Psoriasis is a chronic skin disease that manifests itself mainly with skin symptoms (dryness, itching, scaly skin, abnormal patches and plaques). It affects about 2% of the population and is mediated ...

New Study Identifies Key Protein's Role in Psoriasis

Jan. 31, 2025 — In a new study, researchers have determined that a protein called NF-kB c-Rel can intensify the symptoms of psoriasis when activated by signals from the body's immune system. Understanding how ...

Why You Shouldn't Scratch an Itchy Rash: New Study Explains

Jan. 30, 2025 — Your parents were right: Scratching an itchy rash really does make it worse. Now we know why, thanks to new research that uncovers how scratching aggravates inflammation and swelling in a mouse model ...

Zika Uses Human Skin as 'Mosquito Magnet' to Spread Virus Further

Jan. 30, 2025 — Zika virus hijacks the skin of its human host to send out chemical signals that lure more mosquitoes to infect and spread the disease further, new research ...

Topical Mupirocin Lowers Lupus Inflammation

Jan. 29, 2025 — Systemic lupus erythematosus commonly presents as a rash. The rashes are caused by inflammation from the immune system fighting the ...

Microbial Therapy Offers New Hope for Vitiligo Patients

Jan. 28, 2025 — A natural compound derived from gut-friendly bacteria significantly slows the progression of vitiligo and may restore pigmentation, reports a new pre-clinical study in ...

Skin Cancer: New Treatment Option Successfully Tested

Jan. 27, 2025 — Basal cell carcinomas, the most common form of skin cancer, occur in chronically sun-exposed areas such as the face. Locally advanced tumors in particular can be difficult to treat surgically. A ...

Inflammation May Explain Stomach Problems in Psoriasis Sufferers

Jan. 20, 2025 — People with the skin condition psoriasis often have invisible inflammation in the small intestine with an increased propensity for 'leaky gut', according to new research. These changes in ...

Textbooks Need to Be Rewritten: RNA, Not DNA, Is the Main Cause of Acute Sunburn

Jan. 17, 2025 — Sunburn has traditionally been attributed to UV-induced DNA damage. However, a new study reveals that RNA, another vital cellular molecule, plays a major role in triggering acute sunburn ...

Painful Skin When Tapering Cortisone Cream

Jan. 14, 2025 — Painful skin and trouble sleeping are among the problems reported when tapering cortisone cream for atopic eczema, according to a new study. Many users consider the problems to be caused by cortisone ...

Cancer-Preventing Topical Immunotherapy Trains the Immune System to Fight Pre-Cancers

Jan. 2, 2025 — A new study uncovers how a novel immunotherapy prevents squamous cell carcinoma, with benefits lasting five years after treatment. This therapy is the first to activate specific components of the ...

Study Traces Ebola's Route to the Skin Surface

Jan. 1, 2025 — Researchers have traced a cellular route Ebola virus (EBOV) uses to traverse the inner and outer layers of skin and emerge onto the skin's surface. The study identifies new cell types within the ...

This Prototype Sunscreen Protects Your Skin and Cools You Off, Too

Dec. 19, 2024 — Wearing sunscreen is important to protect your skin from the harmful effects of UV radiation but doesn't cool people off. However, a new formula protects against both UV light and heat from the ...

Prosthetic Material Could Help Reduce Infections from Intravenous Catheters

Dec. 17, 2024 — Researchers created realistic, skin-like replicas made of Ecoflex, a type of silicone rubber that can potentially serve as a platform to evaluate risks of bacterial infections from intravenous ...