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Scar tissue is an effective short-term solution to quickly patch up wounded skin, but it’s not so great long-term. Now, researchers at Duke University and UCLA have created a new hydrogel that can trigger a regenerative immune response, helping skin he… Continue reading Wound-healing hydrogel reduces scars by triggering immune response
An international team at Penn State led by [Larry Cheng] made a breakthrough in printing sensors directly on skin without heat. The breakthrough here is the development of a room-temperature sintering technique. Typical sintering of copper happens at 300 C, and can be further lowered to 100 C by adding …read more
Diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease isn’t a straightforward undertaking, with physicians leaning on a combination of symptoms, clinical signs and examinations to reach their verdict. We are seeing some exciting research advances that could help reveal the condition in its earlier stages, perhaps even decades before symptoms appear, and scientists have now produced another by demonstrating how a skin biopsy can be used to identify the disease with a high degree of accuracy.
Tags: Parkinson’s Disease, Iowa State University, Skin
Continue reading Skin test for Parkinson’s shows high accuracy in early trial
When surgery is performed on infants in utero, it’s not uncommon for them to be born without any scars. This comes thanks to a special quality of their skin which scientists now believe could be replicated in adults, potentially leading to scar-free wo… Continue reading Scientists reactivate scar-free wound healing in adult skin
When surgery is performed on infants in utero, it’s not uncommon for them to be born without any scars. This comes thanks to a special quality of their skin which scientists now believe could be replicated in adults, potentially leading to scar-free wo… Continue reading Scientists reactivate scar-free wound healing in adult skin
Do tattoos impair the skin’s ability to sweat? Despite the global ubiquitousness of tattoos this question has received surprisingly little research attention. A new, first-of-its-kind study is suggesting inking skin may damage sweat glands and reduce t… Continue reading Tattoos damage skin sweat glands, landmark study claims
Goosebumps are a weird quirk of our bodies that science doesn’t fully understand. Now, researchers at Harvard have uncovered a biological reason for the reaction: it’s our bodies’ way of stimulating stem cells to drive new hair growth.Continue ReadingC… Continue reading Harvard study finds that stem cell stimulation gives us goosebumps
Applying the wearable sensors of the future could be as simple as sketching out a shape on your arm, according to new research that investigates the potential for bioelectronics to be applied through graphite pencil lead and ordinary office copy paper…. Continue reading Pencil tattoos could be the most natural wearable sensors yet
There may be new hope for people prone to allergic reactions of the skin. According to a new study, one serving of black raspberries per day could minimize the effects.Continue ReadingCategory: Health & Wellbeing, LifestyleTags: Ohio State Universi… Continue reading Eating black raspberries may reduce incidences of itchy, red skin
In the not-too-distant future, we may see wound dressings that default to absorbing bodily fluids, while also releasing medication on demand. The same material could allow robots to cool themselves by sweating.Continue ReadingCategory: Materials, Scien… Continue reading Radio wave-activated artificial skin absorbs and releases liquids