In 2020-2021, a mysterious skin disease affected fishermen in Senegal. High levels of Portimine A toxin, produced by the ...

It’s winter in the Northern Hemisphere, and for many people that means having the spotlight on your body’s largest organ—skin. In cold climates the skin can become substantially drier ...

Touch receptors are a subtype of sensory neuron that are located in the skin and possess specialized endings that respond to mechanical stimulation. As part of the somatosensory system ...

Jazwares has issued a recall for 125,000 America’s Got Talent toy microphones with lithium-ion batteries because they pose a risk of fire. The firm has received three reports of the lithium-ion ...

Click on "Filters". Select "Any condition" and choose "Cutaneous lymphoma." Because the first noticeable signs often appear on the skin, many people see a dermatologist to find out what’s causing ...

When sensory nerves in the skin malfunction, the result is often a tingling feeling or a burning sensation. The dermis contains nerve endings and an array of touch receptors. This allows the dermis to ...

Skin diseases are pathologic conditions that affect the body's surfaces (also called the integument), including skin, hair, nails and associated glands. They can involve all layers of the skin and ...

1 Mech-Sense, Department of Gastroenterology, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark 2 Center for Sensory-Motor Interactions ... The cardinal features of classical neuropathic pain in the skin, ...

8 The human immune system restricts microbiota to their natural niches in the body ‘exterior’ and invaginations: epithelia that cover the body (such as skin and mucosa ... metabolites they generate ...

Department of Anesthesiology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing 100730, China ...