An essential mineral, zinc is found in many foods. It's needed for a host of cell functions, helping to make sure the body is ...

Growing cells in the laboratory is an art that humans have mastered decades ago. Recreating entire three-dimensional tissues is much more challenging. Researchers are developing a new hydrogel-based ...

Growing cells in the laboratory is an art that humans have mastered decades ago. Recreating entire three-dimensional tissues is much more ...

Collagen and its benefits seem to be touted everywhere. It’s peddled in powders, pills and skincare—just for starters. But ...

Rsearchers have developed the first wearable device for measuring gases emitted from and absorbed by the skin. By analyzing these gases, the device offers an entirely new way to assess skin health, ...

Professors John Rogers, Guillermo Ameer, and Yonggang Huang developed the first wearable device that gauges health by sensing gases coming from and going into the skin.

Northwestern University researchers have developed the first wearable device for measuring gases emitted from and absorbed by the skin. By analyzing these gases, the device offers an entirely new way ...

Karl Koehler builds inner ear and skin organoids from human stem cells to model their development in health and disease.

Skin microbes do more than coexist—they shape immune responses, repair tissue, and influence gene expression across your ...

An international team of archaeologists, bioinformatic specialists, and historians has discovered that many medieval books were bound using seal skin. In their paper published in the journal Royal ...

A technique to improve the precision of prostate cancer surgery means that almost twice as many men preserve their erectile function compared ... the prostate's outer layers, which are thought ...