In mammals, hair follicles emerge during embryonic development, forming geometric patterns that vary from one species to ...
We’re just beginning to decode this faint optical “signature of life” and what it could reveal about health, disease, and the future of medicine.
A new study challenges a 60-year-old assumption about the body’s main structural building block, opening new possibilities ...
A jellyfish no wider than a dime can do something human skin cannot. When its surface is torn, the wound can close in minutes ...
Did you know your body has an inbuilt sewerage system? It’s called the lymphatic system, and is a crucial part of how your body fights infection and ...
Children who survive a stem-cell transplant only to watch their own donor cells attack their organs now have a ...
Some beauty products come with a higher barrier to entry than others. Mascara? Quick, easy, basically foolproof. A sheer lipstick? Also easy: swipe, blot and go. Fake tan? Well... that's another story ...
Jellyfish can close a wound in real time, without stitches, scabs, or scars. Now scientists have unlocked the secrets of how ...
The idea that octopuses might be aliens emerged from the theory of panspermia (Stelele 2018), according to which life on Earth is not entirely of terrestrial ...
Ongoing research reveals that multifloral honey is a promising candidate for protecting human skin cells from premature aging ...
A constant interplay takes place on the surface of the body between cells, the immune system and the skin microbiota. We do ...