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Skin
Skin: is the thin layer of tissue forming the natural outer covering of the body of a person or animal. The skin is the largest organ of the body, with a total area of about 20 square feet. The skin protects us from microbes and the elements, helps regulate body temperature, and permits the sensations of touch, heat, and cold.
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MAR 20, 2015Immunology
Culling vampire bat colonies to fight rabies in Latin America does little to slow the spread of the virus-and could even ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 20, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Stem cells can have a strong sense of identity. Taken out of their home in the hair follicle, for example, and grown in ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 19, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
A paper published yesterday in Nature's Scientific Reports by a team led by physicist Igor Aronson of the U.S. Departmen ...Written By: Robert WoodardMAR 18, 2015Earth & The Environment
Lake Kivu, on the border between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is being transformed from a ticking ti ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopMAR 17, 2015Plants & Animals
Nearly 100 anatomically dissected animals will go on display in Dublin when the well known Body Worlds - Animals Inside ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 13, 2015Cancer
Can a tetanus shot help treat brain cancer? A small study hints that it might.
A dose of tetanus vaccine let ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 12, 2015Genetics & Genomics
For the first time, researchers have found the chronic, incurable skin condition rosacea has genetic factors.
Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 11, 2015Microbiology
Households can serve as a reservoir for transmitting methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), according to a ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 11, 2015Plants & Animals
Chameleons may not be the only creatures on the planet capable of shade shifting, but they're probably the best at it-pa ...Written By: Jennifer EllisMAR 11, 2015Plants & Animals
Called "love darts," these sharp arrows can reduce fertility and cause early death, a new study says.
more drastic ...Written By: Greg CruikshankMAR 10, 2015Immunology
Scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, Bronx, NY, have designed a new type of vaccine ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 10, 2015Chemistry & Physics
The process of wrinkle formation is familiar to anyone who has ever sat in a bathtub a little too long. But exactly why ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 09, 2015Plants & Animals
New photographs of some 80 young elephants that are being held in a heavily guarded facility in Zimbabwe suggest that th ...Written By: Greg CruikshankMAR 06, 2015Genetics & Genomics
When salmon, salamanders or other aquatic animals poop or shed skin cells, they leave behind traces of their DNA in the ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 06, 2015Neuroscience
Researchers have for the first time successfully converted adult human skin cells into neurons of the type that regulate ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderFEB 27, 2015Genetics & Genomics
As an embryo is developing early on, cells and tissues for the person it will become are being formed for all time. Thes ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeFEB 26, 2015Cancer
A study published in Science Translational Medicine showed that immune cells engineered to seek out and attack a type of ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderFEB 25, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have shown that small molecules can "hijack" enzyme function in mice, suggesting a possible preventive mechan ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderFEB 12, 2015Microbiology
New Yorkers are a hardy group. They exist in a small bubble, crowded cheek by jowl with each other and yet they still th ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimFEB 04, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers using a new method that handily lengthens human telomeres have found that treated cells act like young (untr ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeJAN 14, 2015Videos
The first prosthetic skin to simulate the sense of touch is being developed by researchers at Seoul National University. ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 15, 2014Earth & The Environment
Pine trees are an incredible evolutionary feat, adapting to an ever-changing environment and thriving millions of years ...OCT 14, 2014Microbiology
Scientists have discovered that microbiota that colonize our bodies inside and out have the capacity to create molecules ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 20, 2015Immunology
Culling vampire bat colonies to fight rabies in Latin America does little to slow the spread of the virus-and could even ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 20, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Stem cells can have a strong sense of identity. Taken out of their home in the hair follicle, for example, and grown in ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 19, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
A paper published yesterday in Nature's Scientific Reports by a team led by physicist Igor Aronson of the U.S. Departmen ...Written By: Robert WoodardMAR 18, 2015Earth & The Environment
Lake Kivu, on the border between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is being transformed from a ticking ti ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopMAR 17, 2015Plants & Animals
Nearly 100 anatomically dissected animals will go on display in Dublin when the well known Body Worlds - Animals Inside ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 13, 2015Cancer
Can a tetanus shot help treat brain cancer? A small study hints that it might.
A dose of tetanus vaccine let ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 12, 2015Genetics & Genomics
For the first time, researchers have found the chronic, incurable skin condition rosacea has genetic factors.
Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 11, 2015Microbiology
Households can serve as a reservoir for transmitting methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), according to a ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 11, 2015Plants & Animals
Chameleons may not be the only creatures on the planet capable of shade shifting, but they're probably the best at it-pa ...Written By: Jennifer EllisMAR 11, 2015Plants & Animals
Called "love darts," these sharp arrows can reduce fertility and cause early death, a new study says.
more drastic ...Written By: Greg CruikshankMAR 10, 2015Immunology
Scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, Bronx, NY, have designed a new type of vaccine ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 10, 2015Chemistry & Physics
The process of wrinkle formation is familiar to anyone who has ever sat in a bathtub a little too long. But exactly why ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 09, 2015Plants & Animals
New photographs of some 80 young elephants that are being held in a heavily guarded facility in Zimbabwe suggest that th ...Written By: Greg CruikshankMAR 06, 2015Genetics & Genomics
When salmon, salamanders or other aquatic animals poop or shed skin cells, they leave behind traces of their DNA in the ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 06, 2015Neuroscience
Researchers have for the first time successfully converted adult human skin cells into neurons of the type that regulate ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderFEB 27, 2015Genetics & Genomics
As an embryo is developing early on, cells and tissues for the person it will become are being formed for all time. Thes ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeFEB 26, 2015Cancer
A study published in Science Translational Medicine showed that immune cells engineered to seek out and attack a type of ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderFEB 25, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have shown that small molecules can "hijack" enzyme function in mice, suggesting a possible preventive mechan ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderFEB 12, 2015Microbiology
New Yorkers are a hardy group. They exist in a small bubble, crowded cheek by jowl with each other and yet they still th ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimFEB 04, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers using a new method that handily lengthens human telomeres have found that treated cells act like young (untr ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeJAN 14, 2015Videos
The first prosthetic skin to simulate the sense of touch is being developed by researchers at Seoul National University. ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 15, 2014Earth & The Environment
Pine trees are an incredible evolutionary feat, adapting to an ever-changing environment and thriving millions of years ...OCT 14, 2014Microbiology
Scientists have discovered that microbiota that colonize our bodies inside and out have the capacity to create molecules ...Written By: Judy O'Rourke
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