The new study investigated the role of vitamin A in skin cells’ lineage plasticity. Sarah Whelan, PhD Hair follicle stem cells (green) mobilize and expand (white) to help repair the skin’s barrier by differentiating into epidermal lineages (red). Credit: Robin Chemers Neustein Laboratory of Mammalian Cell Biology and Development at The Rockefeller University. Retinoic acid,...
by RCSI Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Research carried out by RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences has revealed new information about how blood clots are formed during wound healing. The research, published tomorrow in Science Advances, examines the behavior of platelets at a wound site, specifically their ability to sense where within a blood clot they are and...
UMEA UNIVERSITY Research shows that bacteria use hydrogen peroxide to weaken the immune system and cause pneumonia. This according to a study at Umeå University and Stockholm University, Sweden. Hydrogen peroxide is also known as a bleaching agent that is used to whiten teeth or hair, as a stain remover, as well as for cleaning...
IN BRIEF Scientists have developed a scar-reducing wound glue uses one special ingredient: gloop secreted from mussels. The mussel gloop is added to a piece of the skin protein called “decorin,” and a molecule that binds collagen to help skin to heal. WOUND REPAIR From combat to everyday injuries, wound care is a vital part...
