Close Encounters of Skin and Nerve Cells
Close Encounters of Skin and Nerve Cells
Scientists exploring the skin-nerve cell connection have only scratched the surface. New research highlights just how intertwined the two cells are.
Scientists exploring the skin-nerve cell connection have only scratched the surface. New research highlights just how intertwined the two cells are.
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Skin Cells Can Transform To Help Fight Acne
Dan Robitzski | Mar 2, 2022 | 5 min read
A new study reveals that the fibroblasts in tissue surrounding acne infections play an active role in the body’s immune response—and that existing treatments help trigger them to do so.
Cancer Vaxxer: A Profile of Miriam Merad
Anna Azvolinsky | Apr 1, 2019 | 8 min read
The Mount Sinai oncologist studies innate immune cells with the goal of designing novel immunotherapies, including cancer vaccines.
Skin Graft-based Gene Therapy Treats Diabetes in Mice
Shawna Williams | Aug 4, 2017 | 2 min read
A small patch of engineered cells makes an enzyme that stimulates insulin release.
Image of the Day: Manipulative Melanomas
The Scientist | Mar 19, 2017 | 1 min read
Early-stage melanoma cells alter proteins in nearby skin cells to create a favorable environment for cancer progression.
Skin Cells Turned Into Immature Sperm
Tanya Lewis | Apr 29, 2016 | 1 min read
The reprogrammed germ-like cells were unable to fertilize eggs, however.
Cancer-Driving Mutations Common in Normal Skin Cells
Anna Azvolinsky | May 21, 2015 | 3 min read
A deep-sequencing analysis reveals that non-malignant skin cells harbor many more cancer-driving mutations than previously expected.
Adult-to-Stem Cells
Rina Shaikh-Lesko | Apr 21, 2014 | 1 min read
An international team has created human embryonic stem cells from adult skin cells for the first time.