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.

The skin comprises 15% of the total adult body weight; its thickness ranges from <0.1mm at its thinnest part (eyelids) to 1.5mm at its thickest part (palms of the hands and soles of the feet) ...

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 ...

Our skin protects us from physical injury, radiation and microbes, and at the same time produces hair and facilitates perspiration. Details of how skin cells manage such disparate tasks have so ...

This new wellness trend brings us right back to the building blocks of what it means to be healthy The sci-fi era of wellness ...

Friedman says research has identified gene mutations, which are alterations to the normal structure and function of a gene, in many skin conditions, from eczema to melanoma.

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.

Researchers have found a way to transform skin cells into the three major stem cell types that comprise early-stage embryos. The work (in mouse cells) has significant implications for modeling ...