Hinman and Maibach have shown that in human skin wounds, as in pig's skin, epidermal regeneration is faster when the wound surface is moist than when exposed to the air and dry. There is little ...

The skin is an ecosystem, with a microscopic flora and fauna and diverse ecological niches: the desert of the forearm, the cool woods of the scalp and the tropical forest of the armpit ...

Researchers have created a map of human skin that uses genomics and other technologies to understand how skin forms and the mechanisms behind skin disorders. The findings could be used to create ...

Similar to the human skin, the pressure sensor−based electronic ... Professor Lee at the Department of Energy Science and Engineering, DGIST, said, "Based on this study, we successfully ...

The human skin is home to a wide variety of bacteria. The composition of the community of bacteria—called the "skin ...

Subscribe to Technology Networks’ daily newsletter, delivering breaking science news straight to your inbox every day. Subscribe for FREE As part of the Human Cell Atlas, which is mapping all cell ...

Pigskin, which resembles human skin more closely than that of any other animal, was once used as a temporary bandage to protect the burn as it healed. Since the 1970s doctors have been working to ...