Skin conditions such as psoriasis often flare up in the same spots throughout one’s life. Now scientists think they know why ...

Researchers discover that skin can activate the immune system and enhance vaccines, paving the way for more potent and ...

Scientists led by Sergey Troyanovsky, Ph.D., professor of Dermatology and of Cell and Developmental Biology, have uncovered new intracellular mechanisms promoting cell-cell adhesion, a process ...

A small patch, no larger than a bandage, may soon change how doctors understand the immune system. Instead of relying on ...

Psoriasis plaques have a stubborn habit of returning to the exact same patches of skin, even after months or years of ...

A cut in the womb can vanish almost without a trace. The same injury a few days after birth leaves behind a scar.

New research from scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) describes a process for converting skin cells directly into neurons that bypasses the induced pluripotent stem cell ...

Scientists have discovered a clue in the skin that could revolutionize dengue vaccines and reduce the number of severe cases.

In mice wounded three days before birth, the skin regenerated diverse cell types and closely resembled unwounded skin.

Senescent skin cells, often referred to as zombie cells because they have outlived their usefulness without ever quite dying, have existed in the human body as a seeming paradox, causing inflammation ...

Investigating collagen peptides, this review explores their role in skin aging, assessing clinical evidence and the ...

Could wounded skin someday regrow perfectly without scars? A new study by Harvard stem cell biologists published March 20 in ...