For example, sensory cells in the skin respond to the pressure of touch ... In fact, there are hundreds of receptor types found in cells, and varying cell types have different populations of ...

Specific alleles of the gene that codes for the malnocortin 1 receptor are predictive of skin cancer risk independent of skin type and hair color. The ability to identify high risk patients ...

These cells never come in contact with environmental signals like those near the skin but are studded with receptors that appear to get sensory input from hormones, proteins and other biochemical ...

Published in the Cells journal and partially funded by MGC Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Australia, the study revealed that the cannabis extract interacts with receptors ... skin cancer-related deaths ...

A network of nerves similar to wires runs all through the human body, from the tips of your fingers and toes, through your ...

This week (July 7), a team described its research on the olfactory responses of the skin. Hanns Hatt of Ruhr University Bochum in Germany and colleagues examined the response of epidermal cells known ...