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Diamond-Studded Silk Wound Dressing Detects Infection and Improves Healing

Oct. 14, 2020 — Scientists have developed a next generation wound dressing that can detect infection and improve healing in burns, skin grafts and chronic ...

Nerves That Sense Touch May Play Role in Autism

Oct. 14, 2020 — Autism is considered a disorder of the brain. But a new study suggests that the peripheral nervous system, the nerves that control our sense of touch, pain and other sensations, may play a role as ...

Bacterial Toxin With Healing Effect

Oct. 13, 2020 — A bacterial toxin promoting tissue healing has been discovered. The compound, found in Staphylococcus aureus, does not just damage cells, but also stimulates tissue ...

Technique to Recover Lost Single-Cell RNA-Sequencing Information

Oct. 13, 2020 — Researchers have greatly boosted the amount of information that can be obtained using Seq-Well, a technique for rapidly sequencing RNA from single cells. This advance should enable scientists to ...

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New Insight on Mole Growth Could Aid Development of Skin Cancer Treatments

Oct. 13, 2020 — Moles stop growing when they reach a certain size due to normal interactions between cells, despite having cancer-associated gene mutations, says a new ...

Planaria Flatworms Can Be Alternative Screening Tool to Avoid Rabbit Skin Testing

Oct. 1, 2020 — A new, accurate screening tool for clinical skin products has been developed which uses flatworms rather than ...

Discovery Enables Adult Skin to Regenerate Like a Newborn's

Sep. 29, 2020 — A newly identified genetic factor allows adult skin to repair itself like the skin of a newborn. The discovery has implications for wound treatment and preventing some of the aging process in skin. ...

Talc and Petroleum Jelly Among the Best Lubricants for People Wearing PPE, Study Finds

Sep. 24, 2020 — Talcum powder, a coconut oil-cocoa butter beeswax mixture, and petroleum jelly provide the best skin protection for long-term PPE use, say ...

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Parental Touch Reduces Pain Responses in Babies' Brains

Sep. 24, 2020 — Being held by a parent with skin-to-skin contact reduces how strongly a newborn baby's brain responds to a painful medical jab, a new ...

Better Material for Wearable Biosensors

Sep. 16, 2020 — Researchers have used electrospinning to make porous silicone that allows sweat to ...

A New Approach to Understanding the Biology of Wound Healing

Sep. 15, 2020 — Researchers use discarded wound dressings as a novel and non-invasive way to study the mechanisms that promote ...

DNA Damage Caused by Migrating Light Energy

Sep. 14, 2020 — Ultraviolet light endangers the integrity of human genetic information and may cause skin cancer. For the first time, researchers have demonstrated that DNA damage may also occur far away from the ...

Addicted to the Sun? Research Shows It's in Your Genes

Sep. 10, 2020 — Sun-seeking behavior is linked to genes involved in addiction, behavioral and personality traits and brain function, according to a study of more than 260,000 ...

Wearable, Portable Invention Offers Options for Treating Antibiotic-Resistant Infections

Sep. 3, 2020 — About 6 million people in the United States are affected by chronic wounds. Now, a team of innovators has developed a wearable solution that allows a ...