Scientists Detect Silent “Scream” of Skin Cells for the First Time
Scientists discover "electric spiking" communication in previously thought to be mute cells, paving the way for bioelectric ...
The Scientist1d
Skin Cells Create Neuron-Like Electric Signals
Until now, skin cells have been viewed as barriers that can respond to electric stimuli. Turns out, they also generate ...
New Atlas5d
Directly converting skin cells to brain cells yields 1,000% success
In a potentially major breakthrough for regenerative medicine, scientists at MIT have developed a way to convert skin cells ...
EurekAlert!7d
Wrong on skin cares: keratinocytes, not fibroblasts, make collagen for healthy skin
Challenging the long-standing belief that fibroblasts produce skin collagen, researchers at Okayama University have ...
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Early Mammals' Fur Had No Color, Was All Dark Grey
Our earliest mammalian ancestors avoided the dominant dinosaurs by only coming out at night and having uniformly dark, ...
Science Daily1d
Slow, silent 'scream' of epithelial cells detected for first time
It has long been thought that only nerve and heart cells use electric impulses to communicate, while epithelial cells -- which compose the linings of our skin, organs and body cavities -- are mute, ...
Phys.org6d
Engineers turn skin cells directly into neurons for cell therapy
Working with mouse cells, the researchers developed a conversion method that is highly efficient and can produce more than 10 neurons from a single skin cell. If replicated in human cells, this ...
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Whoa, Scientists Made Animal Cells Do Photosynthesis
A first-of-its-kind achievement has implanted photosynthesizing cells in animal cells to make “planimals.” This feat could be the first step in crafting lab-grown meat, material for skin ...