We explain why snakes have to shed their entire top layer of skin in one go as part of their growth cycle and how often they ...

The outer layer of skin, the epidermis, is constantly turning over to replace dead or damaged cells throughout our lifetime. Skin stem cells need to continuously make decisions: either make more ...

A boy with untreatable wounds has had 80 percent of his skin replaced with a genetically modified epidermis in an attempt to save his life. The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in ...

Dietary vitamin C from kiwifruit boosts ascorbate levels in deep skin layers, helping improve skin density, support collagen, ...

Researchers believe they’ve found the oldest known fossilized skin, hidden away in a limestone cave system in Oklahoma. The skin sample dates to the early Permian Period, between 289 million years ago ...

A reverse image search revealed that the photograph in question was hosted by Science Photo Library, a London-based database of science and medical images. The SPL website noted that its images are ...

How Does the Skin Barrier Work? If you looked at the stratum corneum under a microscope, it’s sort of takes after brick and mortar. It’s made up of cells called corneocytes that act as bricks. These ...

Your specialist needs to look at your burn to decide how serious it is. They will search for signs of skin damage: How many layers of your skin are injured The size of the affected area The location ...

Skin from cod and tilapia is being used to treat burns and other skin damage. Icelandic biotechnology company Kerecis has developed an FDA-approved cod-skin treatment that can speed up burn healing ...