The cells in human bodies are subject to both chemical and mechanical forces. But until recently, scientists have not ...

Biomedical researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have decoded how mechanical forces drive cell behavior in fibrosis.

The discovery of a human facial fragment aged over one million years represents the oldest known face in western Europe and confirms the region was inhabited by two species of human during the early ...

Researchers suggest discoveries may lead to new strategies for treating skin diseases, inflammation, diabetes, and ...

A world where a robot quickly scans your body for skin cancer or your forehead lines stay frozen with just a treatment or two ...

Challenging the long-standing belief that fibroblasts produce skin collagen, researchers have investigated collagen formation in the 'glass-skinned' amphibian axolotl and other vertebrates. They ...

Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) play an important role in metastatic melanoma, and an enhanced understanding of that role could lead to important new therapeutic pathways, according to a new ...

The skin consists of two primary layers. The epidermis, the outermost layer, is predominantly made up of keratinocytes, while ...

The skin consists of two primary layers. The epidermis, the outermost layer, is predominantly made up of keratinocytes, while the deeper dermis ...

While human skin shares gel-like characteristics, it has unique qualities that are very hard to replicate. It combines high stiffness with flexibility, and it has remarkable self-healing capabilities, ...

A real-time cell analysis system mainly based on a wound-healing assay and intracellular phosphorylation of human FLS ... in other fibroblast-mediated diseases like systemic autoimmune ...