http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/skin/ en-us Thu, 26 Nov 2009 02:46:41 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2394694/posts Surprise! Your Skin Can Hear Jeanna Bryner Senior Writer LiveScience.com Wed Nov 25, 1:06 pm ET We not only hear with our ears, but also through our skin, according to a new study. The finding, based on experiments in which participants listened to certain syllables while puffs of air hit their skin, suggests our brains take in and integrate information from various senses to build a picture of our surroundings. Along with other recent work, the research flips the traditional view of how we perceive the world on its head. "[That's] very different from the more traditional ideas, based on... Yahoo!News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2394694/posts#comment Thu, 26 Nov 2009 02:46:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2373468/posts A pro-life organization is blasting a Switzerland-based cosmetics manufacturer whose website openly admits some of its products were developed from the tissues of an aborted baby. Children of God for Life is a non-profit organization focused on the bioethics of embryonic tissue use in medicine and manufacturing. One of its current campaigns includes petitioning pharmaceutical companies to produce safe, effective alternatives to vaccines derived or cultivated from aborted fetal tissue. WND http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2373468/posts#comment Thu, 29 Oct 2009 06:04:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2255228/posts Skin from a factory – this has long been the dream of pharmacologists, chemists and doctors. sciencedaily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2255228/posts#comment Thu, 21 May 2009 03:32:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185856/posts Despite medicine's inestimable progress over the past century, surgery can still leave scars that look more appropriate to Frankenstein's monster than to the beneficiary of a precise, modern operation. But in the Wellman Center for Photomedicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, Irene Kochevar and Robert Redmond have developed a method that has the potential to replace the surgeon's needle and thread. Using surgical lasers and a light-activated dye, the researchers are prompting tissue to heal itself. Laser-bonded healing is not a new idea. For years, scientists have been trying to find ways to use the heat generated by lasers to weld... MIT Technology Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185856/posts#comment Sun, 15 Feb 2009 00:35:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2003555/posts Teams of university scientists backed by US government funds hope to grow new skin, ears, muscles and other body tissue for troops injured in Iraq and Afghanistan. The $US250 million effort aims to address the Pentagon's unprecedented challenge of caring for troops returning from the war zones with multiple traumatic injuries, many of which would have been fatal years ago. "We've had just over 900 people, men, some women with amputations of some kind or another since the start of the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq," said Ward Casscells, assistant secretary of defense for health affairs. Many have also suffered... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2003555/posts#comment Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:14:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1984062/posts Cosmetic surgeon, Dr. Edmond Cabbabe, uses a laser during Fadi Mouhanna's first treatment to remove a tattoo from his arm at Cabbabe's office near St. Anthony's Hospital. Nothing says "I love you" quite like permanent ink injected into the skin. But as tattoo artists and divorce rates show, love doesn't always last. A tattoo, on the other hand, is everlasting. ... Once the name goes into the skin, the relationship often goes south. And when that happens, tattoo regret can set in. Laser tattoo removal, in fact, is a growing business, and doctors say it will continue to expand... ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1984062/posts#comment Tue, 11 Mar 2008 22:21:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1961160/posts Skin test shows if you're late or early riser By Roger Highfield, Science Editor Last Updated: 10:01pm GMT 28/01/2008 A simple skin test could reveal if someone who hates getting up is lazy, or whether their body clock is badly out of step with that of other people. In recent years, scientists have found that genes can influence a person's preference for rising extremely early, when they are known as "a lark", or late in the day, "an owl". Now a simple skin test to diagnose people with these genes has been devised which, in the longer term, could help... The Telegraph (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1961160/posts#comment Tue, 29 Jan 2008 03:17:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1950103/posts A new surgical technique pioneered at the Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy in Leipzig may allow for patients to receive grafted ‘artificial’ skin grown using their own cells. The procedure, called the EpiDex® technique, has been developed with euroderm GmbH, and could replace traditional treatments which involve taking skin from another part of the patient’s body. If successful, the new process would eliminate the additional scarring, with which patients suffer at the donor area (usually the thigh), but would still have the same chances of success for the graft taking. “If we produce this skin using the recently approved EpiDex®... scenta http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1950103/posts#comment Tue, 8 Jan 2008 06:06:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1940839/posts Skin Color Evolution In Fish And Humans Determined By Same Genetic MachineryOcean sticklebacks are dark colored fish that often migrate into new environments. Multiple stickleback populations have evolved lighter gill and skin colors following colonization of new lakes and streams at the end of the last ice age. Ocean (upper) compared to freshwater creek (lower) sticklebacks, both collected near Vancouver, British Columbia. Scientists have identified a genetic change controlling rapid evolution of skin color in fish, and shown that the same mechanism also contributes to recent evolution of skin color in humans. (Credit: Frank Chan, Craig Miller, and David Kingsley;... Science Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1940839/posts#comment Mon, 17 Dec 2007 21:54:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1923573/posts Coffee 'reduces the risk of skin cancer' By Nic Fleming Science Correspondent Last Updated: 12:01am GMT 09/11/2007 Drinking coffee can cut the risk of skin cancer by more than a third, scientists say. A good healthy dose: scientists believe caffeine could stop skin cancers spreading Researchers found that people who drank more than six cups of caffeinated coffee a day reduced their chances of developing the most common form of skin cancer by 35 per cent, while those who drank two or three cups were 12 per cent less likely to have the disease. Scientists believe caffeine could stop skin... The Telegraph (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1923573/posts#comment Fri, 9 Nov 2007 23:00:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1918549/posts LONDON: Karl Marx, who complained of excruciating boils, actually suffered from a chronic skin disease with known psychological effects that may well have influenced his writings, a British expert said on Tuesday. Sam Shuster, professor of dermatology at the University of East Anglia, believes the revolutionary thinker had hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) in which the apocrine sweat glands — found mainly in the armpits and groin — become blocked and inflamed. "In addition to reducing his ability to work, which contributed to his depressing poverty, hidradenitis greatly reduced his self-esteem," said Shuster, who published his findings in the 'British Journal of... Reuters via The Times of India http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1918549/posts#comment Tue, 30 Oct 2007 19:51:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1858981/posts India's hue and cry over paler skin By Amrit Dhillon in Delhi, Sunday Telegraph Last Updated: 11:48pm BST 30/06/2007 As both an A-list Bollywood actor and the host of India's answer to Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Shah Rukh Khan sets hearts aflutter for all manner of reasons. Now, however, he has been accused of peddling a dream too far - in an advertisement for skin cream. Shah Rukh Khan has agreed to be the face of a skin lightening cream Khan, 41, a heart-throb star likened to an Indian Tom Cruise, has agreed to promote Fair and Handsome,... The Telegraph (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1858981/posts#comment Sun, 1 Jul 2007 00:07:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1824685/posts AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGISTS MEETING: European Skin Turned Pale Only Recently, Gene Suggests Ann Gibbons PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA--At the American Association of Physical Anthropologists meeting, held here from 28 to 31 March, a new report on the evolution of a gene for skin color suggested that Europeans acquired pale skin quite recently, perhaps only 6000 to 12,000 years ago Science http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1824685/posts#comment Fri, 27 Apr 2007 17:23:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1795248/posts Canadian scientists have produced neurons from human skin stem cells in a breakthrough that might revolutionize neurodegenerative disease treatments. The Laval University researchers succeeded in producing neurons in vitro using stem cells extracted from adult human skin. That marks the first time such an advanced state of nerve cell differentiation has been achieved from human skin, according to lead researcher professor Francois Berthod. The scientists say the breakthrough could eventually lead to revolutionary advances in the treatment of neurodegenerative illnesses such as Parkinson's disease. Berthod and his team described the method used to produce the neurons in a recent issue... Playfuls http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1795248/posts#comment Mon, 5 Mar 2007 01:55:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1784374/posts Western-style fashions are big business in China A visit to any chemist in China gives an insight into Chinese attitudes to beauty. The brightly-lit aisles are full of the big-named brands which dominate the world's beauty market, but the products here are different from those in the West. The shelves are loaded with creams and lotions which whiten the skin. "Making skin look paler is very deeply rooted in Chinese tradition," said Jan Hodok, marketing manager for the skincare company Nivea in China. "Traditionally, the first objective of a woman is to have pale white skin because whitening can... BBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1784374/posts#comment Wed, 14 Feb 2007 01:15:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1706416/posts The Color of His Skin Imagine him white. Barack Obama, that is. Amidst all the glowing talk about the possibility of his becoming America's first black president in 2008, it's an interesting thought experiment to imagine whether Mr. Obama would elicit this swooning buzz if he were white. That is, let's imagine a white guy with all of Mr. Obama's pluses: crinkly smile, sincere concern for the little man, fine speech a couple of years ago about bringing the nation together, a certain charisma, wrote a touching autobiography. Let's call him Barrett O'Leary. I do not think Mr. O'Leary would... New York Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1706416/posts#comment Fri, 22 Sep 2006 16:58:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1686779/posts The human body may seem to change little over the years, but beneath this deceptive calm, cells are in constant flux as old ones are discarded and new ones appear. How do the new recruits know where they are meant to go? Biologists at Stanford University say they have discovered a coordinate system in human cells that defines their position in the body. This seems to be the first time a cell-based positioning system has been reported for the adult body of any animal, though positioning systems that guide cells in embryogenesis are well known. The coordinate system, if confirmed,... The Treacherous NY Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1686779/posts#comment Sun, 20 Aug 2006 08:02:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1679710/posts Before Steve Nickerson, a photographer at The Rocky Mountain News in Denver, began his treatments for systemic scleroderma, the illness had already sabotaged his body on multiple fronts. His skin and fingers were so severely stiffened — “tough as rhino hide,” he recalled one doctor saying — that he could not tie his shoes and could barely hold his Nikon. His lungs became scarred. He became so weak that he could not climb a single step without gasping for breath. Even eating became arduous: his mouth would not open sufficiently for a normal bite. “I can tear an apple apart,... NY Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1679710/posts#comment Tue, 8 Aug 2006 07:29:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1675779/posts As many as 60,000 people a year die from too much sun, mostly from malignant skin cancer, the World Health Organization reported...As many as 60,000 people a year die from too much sun, mostly from malignant skin cancer, the World Health Organization reported on Wednesday. It found that 48,000 deaths every year are caused by malignant melanomas, and 12,000 by other kinds of skin cancer. About 90 percent of such cancers are caused by ultraviolet light from the sun. Radiation from the sun also causes often serious sunburn, skin aging, eye cataracts, pterygium -- a fleshy growth on the surface... United Pro Smoker's Newsletter http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1675779/posts#comment Tue, 1 Aug 2006 15:51:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1649388/posts 06/14/06 -- Researchers at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) and the University of Calgary have found that stem cells derived from adult skin can create neural cell types that can be transplanted into and function in mouse models of disease. This research is reported in the June 14, 2006 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience. SickKids researchers previously discovered what type of cells can be made from these stem cells (called skin-derived precursors, or SKPs) based on the role played by neural-crest stem cells during embryogenesis. In addition to generating the peripheral nervous system, neural crest stem cells generate... Bio.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1649388/posts#comment Wed, 14 Jun 2006 20:32:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1580770/posts Black minister, Nagin critic enters mayor's raceBy CHEVEL JOHNSON Associated Press Writer February 17. 2006 4:50PM The Rev. Tom Watson III, an influential black pastor and frequent critic of Mayor Ray Nagin, declared his candidacy for mayor Friday, saying Hurricane Katrina exposed the weaknesses of Nagin's administration. "We have put up with the political foolishness for a long time and the impact from poor leadership was not shown until the storm showed it," Watson said to about 50 supporters on hand for the formal announcement. Watson is the first black challenger to Nagin, who also is black. Nine others, all... Daily Comet http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1580770/posts#comment Fri, 17 Feb 2006 22:34:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1541549/posts Scientists said yesterday that they have discovered a tiny genetic mutation that largely explains the first appearance of white skin in humans tens of thousands of years ago, a finding that helps solve one of biology's most enduring mysteries and illuminates one of humanity's greatest sources of strife. The work suggests that the skin-whitening mutation occurred by chance in a single individual after the first human exodus from Africa, when all people were brown-skinned. That person's offspring apparently thrived as humans moved northward into what is now Europe, helping to give rise to the lightest of the world's races. Leaders... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1541549/posts#comment Fri, 16 Dec 2005 06:05:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1504174/posts Researchers at The University of Manchester funded by the Fungal Research Trust have discovered millions of fungal spores right under our noses - in our pillows. Aspergillus fumigatus, the species most commonly found in the pillows, is most likely to cause disease; and the resulting condition Aspergillosis has become the leading infectious cause of death in leukaemia and bone marrow transplant patients. Fungi also exacerbate asthma in adults. The researchers dissected both feather and synthetic samples and identified several thousand spores of fungus per gram of used pillow - more than a million spores per pillow. Fungal contamination of bedding... University of Manchester http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1504174/posts#comment Mon, 17 Oct 2005 22:26:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1491960/posts Police: Suspect Tries To Chew Skin Off Fingers To Foil ID Robert Anwar Nicks. LOWER PAXTON, Pa. -- Robert Anwar Nicks. A fugitive wanted on robbery and weapons charges went to great lengths to conceal his identity, including trying to chew off the skin of his own fingers so he couldn't be fingerprinted, Lower Paxton Township police say.Robert Anwar Nicks, 24, ran across an interstate and ditched two handguns, a 9-mm and a .45, and tried to hijack two cars, assaulting one owner, before bystanders and police restrained him Wednesday, police said.Officers spotted Nicks in the 200 block of North... The WGAL Channel http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1491960/posts#comment Tue, 27 Sep 2005 09:00:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1484015/posts USMC_Vet from The Blue State Conservatives has exposed China in what can only be described as an amoral act of barbarism. He begins... The debate is endless. Is China an economic partner or a strategic adversary with regards to America? Countless hours are dedicated to determining the nature of the relationship. Yet, at the end of the day, it should boil down to basic principle amidst all of the nuanced and persuasive arguments. China, or more accurately it's Chinese Communist Party dictatorship and the environment it cultivates, is a Moral Adversary. Exhibit 'A': Skin of Executed Prisoners Harvested for Cosmetics... The Blue State Conservatives http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1484015/posts#comment Wed, 14 Sep 2005 03:37:32 GMT