Researchers have discovered that the cells that cause goosebumps are also important for regulating the stem cells that regenerate hair. In the skin, the muscle that contracts to create goosebumps …read more Source:: Science
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Repairing stroke-damaged rat brains
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•Researchers have succeeded in restoring mobility and sensation of touch in stroke-afflicted rats by reprogramming human skin cells to become nerve cells, which were then transplanted into the rats’ brains. …read more Source:: Science
Genetic discovery holds implications for better immunity, longer life
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•Wrinkles on the skin of a microscopic worm might provide the key to a longer, healthier life for humans. Working with Caenorhabditis elegans, a transparent nematode found in soil, researchers …read more Source:: Science
Wearable sensors detect what’s in your sweat
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•A team of scientists is developing wearable skin sensors that can detect what’s in your sweat. In a new article, the team describes a sensor design that can be rapidly …read more Source:: Science
Pig-Pen effect: Mixing skin oil and ozone can produce a personal pollution cloud
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•When ozone and skin oils meet, the resulting reaction may help remove ozone from an indoor environment, but it can also produce a personal cloud of pollutants that affects indoor …read more Source:: Science
How a member of a family of light-sensitive proteins adjusts skin color
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•Researchers have found that opsin 3 — a protein closely related to rhodopsin, the protein that enables low-light vision — has a role in adjusting the amount of pigment produced …read more Source:: Science
Scientists find new type of cell that helps tadpoles’ tails regenerate
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•Researchers have uncovered a specialized population of skin cells that coordinate tail regeneration in frogs. These ‘Regeneration-Organizing Cells’ help to explain one of the great mysteries of nature and may …read more Source:: Science
Elegant interplay of coloration strategies is discovered in squid’s smart skin
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•In the blink of an eye, the squid’s skin changes color and pattern for the purpose of camouflage or sexual signaling, a virtuosic display that has long fascinated scientists. Now, …read more Source:: Science
Mobile bedside bioprinter can heal wounds
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•Scientists have created such a mobile skin bioprinting system — the first of its kind — that allows bi-layered skin to be printed directly into a wound. …read more Source:: Science
How the brain responds to texture
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•New research by neuroscientists shows that as neurons process information about texture from the skin, they each respond differently to various features of a surface, creating a high-dimensional representation of …read more Source:: Science