Dermatology

Credit: UPMC PITTSBURGH, April 2, 2020 - University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine scientists today announced a potential vaccine against SARS-CoV-2, the new coronavirus causing the COVID-19 pandemic. When tested in mice,…

Researchers have developed an AI algorithm capable of diagnosing 134 skin disorders and supporting specialists by augmenting the accuracy of diagnoses and predicting treatment options, reports the Journal of Investigative DermatologyCredit:…

Advances in treatment have led to the largest yearly declines in deaths due to melanoma ever recorded for this skin cancer, results of a new study suggest. Led by researchers at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, its Perlmutter Cancer…

Discovery could lead to better understanding of poor wound healing in diabetic patientsCredit: UCI School of Medicine Irvine, Calif. - March 19, 2020 - A team of University of California, Irvine researchers have published the first…

Credit: Elizaveta Pavlova et al./RSC Advances Russian researchers from the Federal Research Clinical Center of Physical-Chemical Medicine, the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, and Lomonosov Moscow State University showed the…

UC Riverside study calls for 'interdisciplinary approach between psychology and dermatology for optimal acne treatment'Credit: University of California, Riverside Acne treatment including the highly effective acne medication isotretinoin…

Credit: Robin Chemers Neustein Laboratory of Mammalian Cell Biology and Development at The Rockefeller University Skin is our body's most ardent defender against pathogens and other external threats. Its outermost layer is maintained…

Scientists advance case for use of molecular machines to treat skin diseasesCredit: Thushara Galbadage/Biola University HOUSTON - (March 5, 2020) - Molecule-sized drills do the damage they are designed to do. That's bad news for disease.…

Psychological stress has been proposed as a risk factor for melanoma, but clinical evidence is limited. A recent British Journal of Dermatology study funded by the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology looked for a potential…

Boosting natural killer cells in mice improves skin rashCredit: Huy Mach The aggravating skin condition eczema is most commonly treated by suppressing the immune system, but not all patients get relief. Now, a drug strategy aimed at…

Eczema is a very common skin problem affecting around one in five children in the UK. Eczema usually starts in infancy, and a generally dry skin is often one of the first symptoms in babies who go on to develop the condition. It is…

Researchers also formulate a novel antibody capable of blocking the development of the skin condition in mice Atopic dermatitis, a chronic inflammatory disorder, affects some 30 million Americans every year. It is the most common cause of…

What The Study Did: This observational study was a systematic review and meta-analysis that included 112 studies and examined the association between risk of cancer in patients with psoriasis or psoriatic arthritis, including the risk of…

Credit: Lene Bay, the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen. In the dermis skin layer, the same bacteria are found across age and gender. This has been shown by researchers from the University of Copenhagen in a…

Comprehensive study compares prevalence to heterosexual men; bisexual women have lower rate of skin cancer than heterosexual women Boston, MA -- In the largest study of skin cancer rates among gay, lesbian or bisexual individuals,…

What The Studies Did: These two related studies and editorial examined the association of sexual orientation and gender identity with a history of self-reported skin cancer. To access the embargoed study: Visit our For The Media website…

Researchers find that a protein in the skin of patients with lupus enables staph bacteria to stick to their skin ANN ARBOR, Mich. - A new study finds that one side effect of lupus could also make patients with the autoimmune condition more…

American Journal of Roentgenology meta-analysis of thrombolytic therapy for severe frostbite injuries finds promising results for both intraarterial and intravenous tissue plasminogen activator in amputation reductionCredit: American…

With funding from the National Cancer Institute, a team of researchers at the University of Arizona Cancer Center is seeking effective preventive and therapeutic strategies to reduce the risk of non-melanoma skin cancerCredit: University of…

Higher levels of mercury in the blood were linked with a higher prevalence of non-melanoma skin cancer, the most common human malignancy, in a study published in the British Journal of Dermatology. For the study, researchers analyzed…