Sun lovers should be careful and still follow recommendations of avoiding exposure to the sun’s harmful rays between 10am to 4pm for sunscreens have been found to be very inefficient and can even cause more harm than protecting one’s skin. Most people think they can stay all they want under the sun for they have [...]
Read More..>>Cotton has long been used as a fabric of choice for wound dressings, gauze pads and other medical applications due to its high absorbency. Treated with chitosan, the fabric encourages healing of wounds. Another product that they have come up with is a cotton fabric that has been treated with negatively charged phosphoric acid that [...]
Read More..>>The Agricultural Research Services has come up with a form of cotton fabric that is treated with an anti-bacterial chemical, chitosan which is found in the shells of shrimp. The said fabric is being designed to allow it to be made into bed sheets, military uniforms and many other applications which prevents bed sores and [...]
Read More..>>The research has the scientists excited for they may be onto something that would allow a better understanding of how the said MicroRNA affects the skin’s ability to fend of growth such as in the case of skin cancer. MicroRNA’s which have been found in mammals way back in 2001, have been found to have [...]
Read More..>>Breaking research has shown that MicroRNA, a smaller form of RNA is vital to the formation of the skin’s protective barrier. In the research conducted at Rockefeller University, two scientists have noted than MicroRNA-203’s presence in a developing embryo creates a seemingly protective barrier by suppressing the activity of a molecule identified as p63. The [...]
Read More..>>If skin melanomas are detected early, they can indeed be successfully treated and even removed surgically to prevent their spread to the rest of the body. Current treatment techniques involve imiquimod creams, photodynamic therapy, laser surgery and immune response modulators. Most of these skin maladies if detected early can be removed surgically preventing them from [...]
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