A three-year-old Chinese boy called 'Mickey Mouse' is recovering from a rare disease with balloon-like bumps on both sides of ...

Medically reviewed by Brendan Camp, MD Washing your face with salt water may help exfoliate skin (remove dead skin cells), ...

Improvements with GLP-1 RAs in psoriasis and other chronic skin diseases point to their increased use in dermatology and a ...

Experiments in fruit fly larvae show that epidermal cells can communicate with sensory neurons to drive responses to pain.

Scientists have discovered, for the first time, how root cells respond to their complex soil environment, revealing that roots actively "sense" their microenvironment and mount precise ...

There will be enhanced access to modern technologies for EGFR testing capabilities to improve early diagnosis and treatment for patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) more effectively.

“I come in with a laser and I randomly kill 20% of your epidermis. Those cells have to be replaced. You would think that the cells that had accumulated mutations that allow them to replicate ...

Neurons are cells in the body that are responsible for transmitting electrical signals through the nervous system. Different types of neurons affect the ability to move, which begins as an impulse, or ...

More information: Emily A. Kane et al, Epidermal microstructures on the paired fins of marine sculpins suggest new functional hypotheses supporting benthic station-holding, Royal Society Open ...

The research team discovered that residual cells do not merely remain after abscission; instead, they transform into epidermal cells through a three-step process, forming protective cuticle layers.