Skin Care News

July 26, 2024

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How a Bacterium Supports Healing of Chronic Diabetic Wounds

July 25, 2024 — New research shows that a certain bug, Alcaligenes faecalis (A. faecalis), can facilitate healing of hard-to-treat wounds among people with diabetes. While there are many studies done on potentially harmful bacteria in wounds, the researchers ...

New Study Confirms Forever Chemicals Are Absorbed Through Human Skin

June 24, 2024 — A study of 17 commonly used synthetic 'forever chemicals' has shown that these toxic substances can readily be absorbed through human ...

How Targeted Nutrients Can Fight Cancer

June 18, 2024 — An international research team has discovered a new way to effectively treat cancer, by using nutrients to reactivate suppressed metabolic pathways in cancer ...

Researchers Discover Potential Mole Reversal Therapy in Rare Condition

June 17, 2024 — Researchers have designed a new genetic therapy that could alleviate debilitating giant moles in a rare skin ...

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Treating Rare Skin Diseases by Transplanting Healthy Skin

June 10, 2024 — Researchers have successfully treated the skin diseases epidermolytic ichthyosis and ichthyosis with confetti by transplanting genetically healthy skin to inflamed areas. Their work could pave the ...

To Heal Skin, Scientists Invent Living Bioelectronics

June 12, 2024 — Engineers have created a patch that combines sensors and bacteria to interact with the ...

Potential Treatment for Fibrosis

June 6, 2024 — Researchers are developing a new therapeutic approach that uses nanoparticles for the treatment of skin and lung fibrosis, conditions that can result in severe damage to the body's ...

Experts Alert Doctors and the Public to the Arrival of Hard-to-Treat Fungal Skin Infections in the United States

June 5, 2024 — Healthcare providers should watch out for new and highly contagious forms of ringworm or jock itch, which are emerging as a potential public health ...

Why Do 1 in 10 Americans Get Eczema? Is It Too Much Salt?

June 5, 2024 — A high sodium diet may increase the risk of eczema, according to researchers, who found that eating just one extra gram of sodium per day increases the likelihood of flares by ...

Rewritable, Recyclable 'Smart Skin' Monitors Biological Signals on Demand

May 30, 2024 — A team recently developed an adhesive sensing device that seamlessly attaches to human skin to detect and monitor the wearer's ...

Statin Therapy May Prevent Cancer by Blocking Inflammatory Protein

May 30, 2024 — Scientists have found that statins -- commonly used cholesterol-lowering drugs -- may block a pathway that leads to the development of cancer in the context of chronic ...

Scientists Invent 'Living Bioelectronics' That Can Sense and Heal Skin

May 30, 2024 — Reaserchers have created a prototype for what they call 'living bioelectronics': a combination of living cells, gel, and electronics that can integrate with living tissue. Tests in mice found that ...

Grow the Skin You're In: In Vivo Generation of Chimeric Skin Grafts

May 29, 2024 — Researchers found that mutated mouse embryos showing an abnormal epidermal differentiation and injected with mouse pluripotent stem cells grew large patches of mature epidermis derived from the donor ...

Dermatologists Find Ultraviolet Irradiation Increases Appetite but Prevents Body Weight Gain

May 22, 2024 — Obesity and metabolic disorders are increasingly significant global public health issues. In a novel study, a team of dermatologists evaluated the ...

Studies Show Linked Biological Pathways Driving Skin Inflammation

May 20, 2024 — A certain biological pathway drives the inflammation seen in the skin disease ...

Robots' and Prosthetic Hands' Sense of Touch Could Be as Fast as Humans

May 15, 2024 — Research could pave the way for a prosthetic hand and robot to be able to feel touch like a human hand. The technology could also be used to help restore lost functionality to patients after a ...

Melanoma in Darker Skin Tones

May 10, 2024 — Melanoma, an aggressive form of skin cancer that accounts for 75% of all skin-cancer-related deaths, is often detected later in people with darker skin complexions -- and the consequences can be ...

New Treatment Could Reverse Hair Loss Caused by an Autoimmune Skin Disease

May 9, 2024 — Researchers developed a potential new treatment for alopecia areata, an autoimmune disorder that causes hair loss. The microneedle patch delivers immune-regulating molecules that can teach T cells ...

Who Should Receive Preventive Treatment for TB? Individuals of All Ages With Positive Skin or Blood Test

May 8, 2024 — Researcher found that exposed individuals with confirmed TB infection -- i.e. a positive skin or blood test -- should receive priority treatment in settings with a low prevalence of the disease, ...

A Tailored Vaccine Could One Day Treat Eczema in Children

May 8, 2024 — New research suggests a 'tailored vaccine' might hold the key to treating bacteria-driven flares of eczema in children. The team has taken several leaps forward in understanding how the ...

It Takes Two to TANGO: New Strategy to Tackle Fibrosis and Scarring

Apr. 24, 2024 — A study has now successfully controlled the effects of collagen hypersecretion at the cellular level. The experimental treatment consists of designer peptides which interrupt the interaction between ...

Odor-Causing Bacteria in Armpits Targeted Using Bacteriophage-Derived Lysin

Apr. 23, 2024 — A research team has synthesized a lysin that during in vitro experiments targets bacteria responsible for producing odors in human ...

Mosaics of Predisposition Cause Skin Disease

Apr. 22, 2024 — Clarifying the cause of a skin disease led to the discovery of a new disease-causing gene, a new category of diseases, and new perspectives for both counseling and therapy. The discovery is the first ...

Toxic Chemicals from Microplastics Can Be Absorbed Through Skin

Apr. 19, 2024 — Toxic chemicals used to flame-proof plastic materials can be absorbed into the body through skin, via contact with microplastics, new research ...

Wound Treatment Gel Fights the Battle Against Antibacterial Resistance

Apr. 2, 2024 — Polymer-based hydrogels are used to treat skin ailments and in tissue engineering because of their ability to retain water, deliver drugs into wounds, and biodegrade. However, they are complicated to ...

Discovery Has Potential to Solve the Billion-Dollar Global Cost of Poorly Managed Wound Healing

Mar. 27, 2024 — Scientists have uncovered a key step in the wound healing process that becomes disabled in diseases like diabetes and aging, contributing to a global healthcare cost of managing poorly healing wounds ...

Gene Discovery Offers New Hope for People Living With Chronic Skin Disease

Mar. 25, 2024 — Scientists have discovered a gene mutation is responsible for causing psoriasis -- a chronic inflammatory skin disease that causes patients to develop red, scaly and itchy patches across their body. ...

AI-Based App Can Help Physicians Find Skin Melanoma

Mar. 20, 2024 — A mobile app that uses artificial intelligence, AI, to analyze images of suspected skin lesions can diagnose melanoma with very high precision, according to a new ...

Research Sheds Light on New Strategy to Treat Infertility

Mar. 8, 2024 — New research describes the science behind a promising technique to treat infertility by turning a skin cell into an egg that is capable of producing viable embryos. The technique could be used by ...

Vitamin A May Play a Central Role in Stem Cell Biology and Wound Repair

Mar. 7, 2024 — Retinoic acid, the active state of Vitamin A, appears to regulate how stem cells enter and exit a transient state central to their role in wound ...

3D-Printed Skin Closes Wounds and Contains Hair Follicle Precursors

Mar. 4, 2024 — Fat tissue holds the key to 3D printing layered living skin and potentially hair follicles, according to researchers who recently harnessed fat cells and supporting structures from clinically ...

Effect of Keratin Microsphere Gel on Hair Growth in Mice

Feb. 29, 2024 — Keratin microsphere gel, consisting of keratin-based microspheres that swell in water to form a gel, has shown efficacy in promoting hair follicle growth in murine models. Its potential application ...

Lab-Spun Sponges Form Perfect Scaffolds for Growing Skin Cells to Heal Wounds

Feb. 23, 2024 — A new technique for electro-spinning sponges has allowed scientists to directly produce 3D scaffolds -- on which skin grafts could be grown from the patient's own ...

Wound-Homing Molecule Accelerates Tissue Repair

Feb. 15, 2024 — Medical researchers have found a peptide which, when administered intravenously, homes in on the new blood vessels that are forming in damaged tissue. The peptide has been used as a delivery vehicle ...