A tickly itch, a painful scratch, or the feeling of a refreshing breeze—the skin is teaming with nerve endings that drive these sensations. Scientists are getting into the epidermis to explore how ...

A microscope image of a human egg contains a nucleus taken from a skin cell. (Mitalipov Laboratory at Oregon Health & Science University) WASHINGTON — Oregon scientists used human skin cells to create ...

Fibroblasts are the quiet workers of the skin. They help build collagen and other support fibers in the dermis, the deeper ...

Could wounded skin someday regrow perfectly without scars? A new study by Harvard stem cell biologists published March 20 in Cell reveals a way to fully regenerate skin by unblocking an embryonic ...

Senescent skin cells, often referred to as zombie cells because they have outlived their usefulness without ever quite dying, have existed in the human body as a seeming paradox, causing inflammation ...