By Dr. Liji Thomas, MD By directly measuring vitamin C inside human skin, researchers show that diet can boost skin vitamin C content and influence skin structure, while also revealing clear limits to ...

As the gel is rubbed onto the skin, the sharp-ended stars roll across the epidermis, poking minuscule holes in it. Although those "micro-wounds" close up quickly, they remain open long enough for the ...

The outer layer of skin, the epidermis, is constantly turning over to replace dead or damaged cells throughout our lifetime. Skin stem cells need to continuously make decisions: either make more ...

A boy with untreatable wounds has had 80 percent of his skin replaced with a genetically modified epidermis in an attempt to save his life. The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in ...

The cell polarity protein Par3 controls mechanic changes in the skin and plays an important role in cell division. Malfunction can lead to DNA damages. The balance of the system is of great importance ...

Molecular mechanics in the skin of mice are driven by polarity genes, a team reports. The cell polarity protein Par3 controls mechanic changes in the skin and plays an important role in cell division.