It has long been thought that only nerve and heart cells use electric impulses to communicate, while epithelial cells -- which compose the linings of our skin, organs and body cavities -- are mute, ...

The levels of IL-1α, IL-33 and IL-18 somewhat normalized at PBW 4 to the levels found in healthy skin. Chemokines MCP-1, IL-8, GROα, MIP-1α, MIP-1β, RANTES, IP-10 in burn tissue were increased at all ...

Because the lamellar lipid layers also repel water, water molecules are held between the cell envelope lipids and the lipid layer. This cellular structure helps maintain the water balance in your skin ...

Northwestern University researchers have identified structural features in engineered cell receptors that correlate with variations in receptor function. Computational protein structure prediction ...

Credit: Klaus Nilkens/Urwelt-Museum Hauff “Apart from the mosaic of smooth skin and scales, it was an incredible moment to visualize the cells in thin sections of the fossilized plesiosaur’s skin. I ...

Sheep were domesticated in the Fertile Crescent approximately 11,000 years ago to provide humans with meat, milk, skin, and wool (Zeder ... was to explore the genetic diversity and population ...

The small particles in matcha help to exfoliate the skin, removing dead skin cells and promoting cell turnover. This can result in smoother, brighter, and more even-looking skin. These matcha benefits ...

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 ...