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When the skin is injured, a stem cell’s survival instincts kick in. New research reveals that a simple amino acid, serine, helps push stem cells to abandon hair growth in favor of wound healing, ...
What is the skin barrier anyways? What happens to the skin barrier as we age, and can caring for it help us to look better?
From sunscreen to hats to a multimillion-dollar skincare industry to shade, we go to extreme lengths to keep our skin safe ...
New research into mitotic chromosomes has found that they are covered in a liquid-like coating that could allow them to ...
Scientists have uncovered a surprisingly simple “tissue code”: five rules that choreograph when, where, and how cells divide, ...
When stress hits, hair stem cells switch from growing hair to repairing skin, offering new insights into how our bodies ...
Every day, your body replaces billions of cells—and yet, your tissues stay perfectly organized. How is that possible?
Blue sharks get their glow from hidden nanocrystals — and those same structures might let them subtly change color under ...
For decades, the dream of fixing harmful mutations in mitochondrial DNA felt out of reach. Scientists have long known these ...
Which skincare ingredients actually work? A new study reveals the 23 ingredients leading dermatologists trust most — backed ...