A new study using mouse models and multi-omics analysis has traced a specific nerve pathway through which prenatal stress ...

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

A new study published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology has traced how the sympathetic nervous system, the ...

Skin wound healing shows a unique cellular function mechanism involving the interaction of several cells, growth factors, and ...

A tickly itch, a painful scratch, or the feeling of a refreshing breeze—the skin is teaming with nerve endings that drive these sensations. Scientists are getting into the epidermis to explore how ...

New research identifies a specific neural pathway (Pdyn+ neurons) that carries stress signals from the brain to the skin, triggering eczema flares by activating eosinophils.

The mystery of how stress exacerbates atopic dermatitis, more commonly known as eczema, may be closer to being understood. A ...

Vitamin B3, or niacin, is essential in small amounts for normal body function. The skin, nerves, and digestive system all require vitamin B3. Research has examined nicotinamide, a form of vitamin B3, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Skin is an awesome and weird organ. As the body’s biggest organ, it does a lot to look after you, protecting you from the outside ...

Harpreet Bhasin is a biology major with minors in Biotechnology and Public Health and he is a 2024-25 health care ethics intern at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University.

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