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Volar injections made thigh skin thicker. This therapy could potentially help prevent pressure-induced skin damage in patients using prosthetics.

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Time Heals All Wounds: Probing Skin Injuries with Spatial Biology 

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Finally, Scientists Uncover the Genetic Basis of Fingerprints

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A New Culprit in Air Pollution: Reactions Triggered by Human Skin

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Robot Finger’s Living Skin Stretches, Heals Like the Real Thing

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Biotech Tries Manipulating the Skin Microbiome

Giving Sweat the Respect It Deserves

Skin Sheltered from Sunlight Still Gathers UV-Linked Mutations

Beauty Is More Than Skin Deep: 3D Imaging from Micro to Macro

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Image of the Day: White Blood Cell Webs

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Image of the Day: Fluorescent Sharks

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Image of the Day: Legless Leaps

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Pufferfish Spines Shaped by Same Genes as Feathers and Fish Scales

Even Healthy Tissues Carry Clusters of Cells with Mutations: Study

Sunscreen Ingredients Absorbed into Blood: Study

Image of the Day: Squid Skin

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Stick-On Immune Cell Monitor

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Infographic: Immune Cell Monitoring Via a Skin Patch

Salt Could Play a Role in Allergies

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Universe 25 Experiment

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Bellybutton Bugs

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Childhood Exposure to Bacterial Toxin Tied to Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer

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​Scientists Discover a Second Epigenetic DNA Marker

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Research Roundtable: The Artificial Intelligence Revolution

Research Roundtable: The Artificial Intelligence Revolution

Characterizing Immune Memory to COVID-19 Vaccination

Characterizing Immune Memory to COVID-19 Vaccination

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April 1, 2025, Issue 1

Bunsen Burners and Bad Hair Days

Lab safety rules dictate that one must tie back long hair. Rosemarie Hansen learned the hard way when an open flame turned her locks into a lesson.

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Characterizing Immune Memory to COVID-19 Vaccination

Characterizing Immune Memory to COVID-19 Vaccination

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Meet Honeybun and Breeze Through Viscometry in Formulation Development

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Taking the Guesswork Out of Quality Control Standards

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PFAS: The Forever Chemicals

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