Pleasure and pain: Tiny worm reveals secret to protecting skin sensations

A tiny roundworm has helped University of Queensland scientists uncover minuscule structures in skin tissue that may protect ...

A skin biopsy can detect a rare neurodegenerative disease

By determining the structure of the deposits responsible for transthyretin amyloidosis through a simple skin biopsy, ...
The Scientist

Tracking Tissue Development to Inspire Regenerative Therapies

Forming sensory organs requires complicated interactions between numerous cell types. Building these tissues in a dish from human stem cells helps researchers understand how they develop over time and ...

Scientists create skin graft health monitor that glows in response to inflammation

Researchers in Japan are exploring a future where the body itself becomes a health monitor, no screens or batteries required.
Nature

Will the latest skin substitutes revolutionize the treatment of burns and other wounds?

The woman’s burns are severe, essentially eradicating the skin from more than half of her body. Every layer of this complex tissue must therefore be replaced with grafts. These need to be harvested ...
University of Geneva

A skin biopsy to detect a rare neurodegenerative disease

By determining the structure of the deposits responsible for transthyretin amyloidosis through a simple skin biopsy, scientists at UNIGE are paving the way for a new diagnostic method for ...