News Release 26-Sep-2024 Scientists believe the hormone hepcidin, when produced in the skin, may be the root cause of psoriasis – a chronic and sometimes debilitating skin disease that affects 2-3% of the global population. Peer-Reviewed PublicationUniversity of Bath Scientists may have uncovered the root cause of psoriasis, a chronic and sometimes debilitating skin disease...
Tag: <span>Dermatology</span>
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The mystery of human wrinkles: what do the cells say?
News Release 19-Sep-2024 Peer-Reviewed PublicationPohang University of Science & Technology (POSTECH) image: Image of wrinkled epithelium on the ECM hydrogel layer in response to compression Credit: POSTECH A research team consisting of Professor Dong Sung Kim, Professor Anna Lee, and Dr. Jaeseung Youn from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at POSTECH has successfully recreated the...
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Loss of skin’s pigment-producing cells could be related to basement membrane disruption
News Release 9-Sep-2024 Suppression of an enzyme might allow melanocytes to recover Peer-Reviewed PublicationOsaka Metropolitan University image: A graphical representation illustrates what might be occurring in undamaged and damaged skin. Credit: Osaka Metropolitan University Skin pigmentation disorders affect people across the world. One of them, vitiligo, is said to have a worldwide incidence of 1-2%....
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Age-related changes in male fibroblasts increase treatment-resistant melanoma, study finds
September 6, 2024 by Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Ashani Weeraratna, Ph.D. Credit: Will Kirk/JHU Age-related changes in the fibroblasts, cells that create the skin’s structure, contribute to the development of aggressive, treatment-resistant melanoma in males, according to research in mice by the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center. The study appears in Cell. The...
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Study finds sclerotherapy can be successfully used by patients of all skin types, ethnic backgrounds
News Release 8-Aug-2024 Peer-Reviewed PublicationBoston University School of Medicine (Boston)—Chronic venous insufficiency (CVI), which impacts more than 25 million people, includes varicose and spider veins. They occur when the veins become damaged and can’t work as they should. Treatments include sclerotherapy, which involves injecting a chemical solution directly into the varicose or spider vein which...
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Bacteria and keloids
News Release 30-Jul-2024 Peer-Reviewed PublicationPNAS Nexus A study explores the microbiome of keloids, which are treatment-resistant raised scars. Some wounds heal completely; some wounds leave a scar; and some wounds leave a noticeable raised and growing bump larger than the original wound called a keloid. These keloids can itch and cause psychological distress. Keloids are...
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Researcher sees promise in new treatment for common skin cancer
July 30, 2024 by Helena Oliviero, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainExtreme heat and plenty of sunshine is a given for Atlanta, especially this summer. In June, there were nearly 285 hours of sunshine, and it’s on track for more rays this month, according to U.S. Climate Data. That’s a lot of UV radiation...
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Dermatoporosis in Older Adults: A Condition That Requires Holistic, Creative Management
Christine Kilgore July 09, 2024 WASHINGTON, DC — The chronic, excessive fragility of aging and sun-damaged skin has a name in the medical literature: dermatoporosis. This identification is helpful because it validates patients’ suffering and conveys the skin’s vulnerability to serious medical complications, said Adam Friedman, MD, at the ElderDerm conference on dermatology in the...
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Experts alert doctors and the public to the arrival of hard-to-treat fungal skin infections in the US
JUNE 5, 2024 by NYU Langone Health Trichophyton indotineae causing tinea corporis. Credit: JAMA Dermatology (2024). DOI: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2024.1126Health care providers should watch out for new and highly contagious forms of ringworm or jock itch, which are emerging as a potential public health threat, according to a pair of reports. In the first of the studies,...
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Lichen Sclerosus: The Silent Genital Health Concern Often Missed
954Ashley Winter, MD, remembers the first time she Googled the skin condition lichen sclerosus. Most of the websites listed the autoimmune condition as a rare disease. In the realm of genital health, some conditions remain shrouded in silence and consequently are more likely to go undercounted and underdiagnosed, Winter, a urologist based in Los Angeles,...