Nurses need to understand the skin and its functions to identify and manage skin problems. This article, the first in a two-part series, looks at the skin’s structure and key functions.

Understanding this fascinating organ’s functions will help us to assess patients’ skin and evaluate its potential for healing following injury or disease. Structure of the skin The skin holds the ...

Collaboration between Professors Hao F. Zhang and Xiaomin Bao found that different parts of a well-established cell structure can localize to other places and function beyond their well-recognized ...

Researchers at RIKEN in Japan have developed an improved human-skin equivalent that reproduces a property that controls the structure and physiological function of skin. This artificial skin will ...

Nine ways to speed up your skin's cell function to reveal a youthful, glowing complexion ...

Epithalon Peptide and Skin Cells Animal studies have purported that Epitalon may potentially slow aging within the cells and may thereby impact skin cells in the epidermal barrier.

Scientists have leveraged cellular reprogramming technology to repair damaged tissue in mice with stroke-affected brains, a technique they hope could one day help restore speech and motor function ...