by Adam Taylor, The Conversation Credit: Picas Joe from Pexels The human body is composed of over 37 trillion cells, each with a limited lifespan. These cells are continuously replaced to maintain organ and system function. Yet over time, or as a result of damage, the number of functioning cells can decrease to a level that causes...
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Study helps explain what drives psoriasis severity and offers clues as to how disease may spread to other body parts
by NYU Langone Health Spatial transcriptomics faithfully maps gene expression in healthy human skin. Credit: Rochelle L. Castillo, Ikjot Sidhu, Jose U. Scher, and Shruti Naik Beneath and beyond the reddish, flaky lesions that form in the skin of those with psoriasis, mild and severe forms of the disease can be told apart by the activity...