Here's the skinny. Did you know your body is covered in about 19 million skin cells? And it sheds up to 40,000 cells a day as new ones grow in. So in about a month, say so long to the skin you see ...

The electric skin cell signals, which move at glacial pace compared to those in nerve cells, may play a role in initiating healing.

The average human sheds more than a million skin cells each day. This accounts for roughly half of the dust found in our homes. In fact, though we can’t see it happening, our whole epidermis is ...

Until now, skin cells have been viewed as barriers that can respond to electric stimuli. Turns out, they also generate electric spikes, similar to neurons. Sahana is a science journalist and an intern ...

Foot melanoma is a type of acral melanoma. It starts in a type of skin cell called melanocytes. These cells are present in the uppermost layer of the skin. They are responsible for producing ...

Melanoma is a rare and very aggressive form of skin cancer that forms in the melanocytes. These are the cells that produce your pigment, which is called melanin. But the majority of skin cancers ...

Too much UV radiation from sun exposure causes normal skin cells to become abnormal. These abnormal cells quickly grow out of control and attack the tissues around them. You can get melanoma by ...

Skin cancer is a disease caused by abnormal (not normal) cells growing in the tissue of your skin. These cells can cause a tumor to form. It’s the most common kind of cancer. If skin cancer is found ...

Scientists have developed a 3D-printed imitation of human skin with living cells, an advance they say could enable cosmetic testing without the use of animals. Researchers, including from the Vellore ...