The outer layer of skin, the epidermis, is constantly turning over to replace dead or damaged cells throughout our lifetime. Skin stem cells need to continuously make decisions: either make more ...

VC is known for its antioxidant properties in the skin and has been previously shown to boost collagen synthesis. Now, the same team of researchers has taken this a step further, using advanced ...

Scars are a natural part of the skin’s healing process after injuries, acne, burns, or surgeries. While they show that the ...

Scars are often the unwanted and permanent result of wound healing, but University of California, Irvine and University of Pennsylvania researchers have discovered a natural regeneration process that ...

Could wounded skin someday regrow perfectly without scars? A new study [LINK ACTIVATES AFTER EMBARGO] by Harvard stem cell biologists published March 20 in Cell reveals a way to fully regenerate skin ...

A team of researchers is delving deeper into the science behind how spiny mice can regenerate lost tissue and using what they learn to trigger regeneration in other types of mice -- advances which one ...

A cut in the womb can vanish almost without a trace. The same injury a few days after birth leaves behind a scar. That sharp shift, described in a March 20 study in Cell00234-5), helps explain why ...