New method developed by UTSW researchers removes mysterious organelles from stem cells and embryos to uncover their roles.

While moving through this layer, cells start to lose their structure and characteristic and become more like the dead, flattened keratinocytes of the outermost layers.

An extensive family of proteins that gives human skin mechanical strength also appears to organize molecular signals that ...

When the skin is injured, a stem cell’s survival instincts kick in. New research reveals that a simple amino acid, serine, ...

Scientists found that embryonic skin cells “whisper” through faint mechanical tugs, using the same force-sensing proteins ...

Researchers have identified three subtypes of senescent skin cells with distinct shapes, biomarkers, and functions -- an advance that could equip scientists with the ability to target and kill the ...

In contrast, peptide hormones cannot enter cells and only bind to cell surface receptors. 11 The interaction between these hormones and their cell surface receptors may directly activate intracellular ...

Find out what you need to know about the integumentary system and discover how it may affect your health.

The epidermis constantly makes new cells in its lower layers. Over the course of around four weeks, these cells make their way to the surface, become hard, and replace the shedding, dead cells.

A global team of scientists has found a new and surprising way to treat cancer—by giving cancer cells nutrients that ...

Researchers from Johns Hopkins University have identified three subtypes of senescent skin cells with distinct shapes, biomarkers, and functions—an advance that could equip scientists with ...

Key Takeaways Scenescent cells, or zombie cells, can both help and harm as they accumulate in human bodies. Research found senescent skin cells come in the three subtypes with different shapes, ...