Skin diseases affect 20-33% of the population at any one time, and around 54% of the UK population will experience a skin condition in a given year. Nurses observe the skin of their patients daily and ...

Structure of the skin. The skin holds the contents of the body together. It consists of two layers, the epidermis and the dermis, which work closely together. The epidermis, or outer layer, has four ...

Perhaps best known as a immune-system boost or antidote to scurvy, vitamin C has been found to rejuvenate aging skin by ...

Ageing is an unavoidable part of life but a new study suggests that an everyday vitamin can help to reduce the impact of skin ...

"We knew that these junctions were important in skin stem cells but the cellular components involved in their structure and function were not yet understood," says Mirna Pérez-Moreno, head of the ...

A vitamin commonly found in fresh fruits and vegetables could help slow one of the visible signs of aging: thinning skin. A ...

Vitamin C prevents age-related thinning of the skin by switching on genes that promote skin cell growth, a new study has found.The research, published in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology, ...

Reprogrammed skin cells restore motor function in stroke-affected mice By Nick Lavars. March 23, 2021 ... The OSU team sought to tackle this problem by using skin cells as its starting point.

Research from the Babraham Institute has developed a method to "time jump" human skin cells by 30 years, turning back the aging clock for cells without losing their specialized function. Work by ...