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Discovery of hemoglobin in the epidermis sheds new light on our skin’s protective properties
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Discovery of hemoglobin in the epidermis sheds new light on our skin’s protective properties

by Elsevier Hemoglobin α (magenta) in mouse hair follicles during the growth phase of hair cycles. Credit: Umi Tahara, Takeshi Matsui, Keitaro Fukuda, and Masayuki AmagaiResearchers have shown for the first time that hemoglobin, a protein found in red blood cells where it binds oxygen, is also present in the epidermis, our skin’s outermost body...