Zika Uses Human Skin as 'Mosquito Magnet' to Spread Virus Further Jan. 30, 2025 — Zika virus hijacks the skin of its human host to send out chemical signals that lure more mosquitoes to infect ...

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 ...

The default mode network (DMN) is a set of interconnected brain regions known to be most active when humans are awake but not ...

More recently, studies have investigated adhesins for human keratinocytes and their ligands ... exhibits different patterns of colonization to skin epithelial layers, which may contribute to ...

The skin, the body's largest organ constantly regenerates, contains sensory receptors, and produces melanin for pigmentation.

While the melanin in deeper skin tones does offer some more protection from the sun, it’s still important to take that extra step.

It’s winter in the Northern Hemisphere, and for many people that means having the spotlight on your body’s largest organ—skin. In cold climates the skin can become substantially drier ...

Northwestern University researchers have tested a method to reduce the dreaded nocturnal itch-scratch cycle. Using an ...

The directive could strip federal funding from schools that allow trans women and girls to compete in women’s events. Local aid workers say they are trying to flee Khartoum out of fear the army ...

The US Program leads with the principle of racial justice and equity as a fundamental human right providing the foundational, over-arching, and unifying theme for all our work. Our strategic ...

Human hair as a natural sun protection agent: a quantitative study. Photochem Photobiol. 2015;91(4):966-970. doi:10.1111/php.12433 Blair MJ, Jones JD, Woessner AE, Quinn KP. Skin structure–function ...