Keratinocytes exert their functions after cell death to guarantee the stability, mechanical resistance, elasticity, physical-barrier and water-impermeability functions of the skin. These properties ...

Skin is a complex organ that's responsible for everything from maintaining your internal temp to protecting your body against harmful chemicals and bacteria. It's composed of a complex system of cell ...

The epidermis is the outer layer of the skin varying in thickness from 0.1mm to 1.4mm (Gawkrodger, 1992) (Fig 1). I… AbstractVOL: 102, ISSUE: 32, PAGE NO: 28Sandra Lawton, MSc, RGN, OND, ENB 393, RN ...

Researchers at Glasgow University have successfully developed a new type of artificial skin that is more sensitive than our own. Made of just a single atomic layer of graphene, the new soft feeling ...

Hyperkeratosis is the term to describe thickening of keratin in the epidermis, which is the outer layer of the skin. Keratin is a protein found in the outer layers of the skin that helps to protect ...

Most previous studies of stomatal behaviour on isolated epidermis of Commelina communis have been carried out in media of pH 6.5-7.0. In the present investigation we have used a wide range of pH ...

The Fraunhofer Translational Center for Regenerative Therapies (TLC-RT) is taking over the epiCS® technology from Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, thereby ensuring the continued availability of internationally ...