A new study led by UCC paleontologists discovered that frogs have conserved their ecology in the last 45 million years. The ...

Scientists have uncovered how too much sunlight can flip a hidden switch inside skin cells that makes inflammation spiral out of control and increases the risk of cancer. Their research reveals that ...

When most people think of burn injuries, they think of damage to the skin. Burns also affect many other areas of the body because the skin plays such an important role in protecting the body from the ...

A Cedars-Sinai study has identified a previously unknown role for astrocyte cells in how the brain responds to damage and ...

Every cell depends on proteins to function and stay healthy. These proteins are made inside the cell from amino acids, but ...

Tanning bed use is tied to almost a three-fold increase in melanoma risk, and for the first time, scientists have shown how these devices cause melanoma-linked DNA damage across nearly the entire skin ...

The research represents a major step forward in revealing how the three dimensional form of DNA shapes the way human biology functions. In a major step toward understanding how the physical form of ...

The 111 Skin Exosome Face Lift is a two-part system that rejuvenates skin—blurring lines, decreasing redness and improving ...

RNA is usually portrayed as a molecule that works deep inside the cell, helping to turn genetic information into proteins.

The human body operates on a roughly 24-hour cycle known as the circadian rhythm. The cycle is primarily controlled by the suprachiasmatic nucleus — two clusters of neurons in the hypothalamus. This ...

During his training in clinical dermatology, Thierry Nordmann encountered several patients with a rare, horrifying condition called toxic epidermal necrolysis, or TEN. Widely considered to be the only ...