Using adjunctive reflectance confocal microscopy (RCM) for examining suspect skin lesions reduced the number of unnecessary skin excisions by 43%, results from a large randomized clinical trial ...

In 2014, researchers in the UK grew human skin epidermis from stem cells. But the skin produced by these efforts lacked essential features like hair follicles and sweat glands, according to the BBC. .

Improved resolution for all microscopy systems. In trials, the needle-shaped beams were used first to image 0.8-micron polystyrene beads, and then for imaging of human skin epidermis. Both resolution ...