Now, US researchers have discovered that the epithelial cells that line our skin and organs are able to signal the same way ...

Until now, skin cells have been viewed as barriers that can respond to electric stimuli. Turns out, they also generate ...

Keratosis pilaris on black skin may not appear as red or pink bumps. In some people, the bumps may be discolored. In others, they appear like your natural skin color but raised, like goosebumps.

Silvery white scales that cover thick red, raised patches of skin are a telltale sign of plaque psoriasis. Doctors think it results from a faulty immune system. New skin cells grow faster than ...

Scientists are getting into the epidermis to explore how skin and nerve cells interact. “The skin is basically the window to the outside,” said Kathryn Albers, a neuroscientist at the University of ...

Skin stem cells are multipotent adult stem cells present in the adult skin, which can self-renew and differentiate into different cell lineages of the skin. Skin stem cells are active during skin ...

There are large black-and-white photographs of blood cells. An 11-foot long sculpture of a skin flake flutters gently. An enormous sphere, like a beach ball, has its surface printed with an ...

Converting one type of cell to another - for example, a skin cell to a neuron - can be done through a process that requires the skin cell to be induced into a "pluripotent" stem cell, then ...

Engineers turn skin cells directly into neurons for cell therapy. ScienceDaily . Retrieved March 16, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2025 / 03 / 250313130305.htm ...

These tiny bumps or pimples are dead skin cells plugging hair follicles. Keratosis pilaris can worsen in the winter months when the skin tends to dry out and may also worsen during pregnancy.