Mutations drive evolution, but they can also be risky. New research led by plant biologists at the University of California, ...

Senescent skin cells, often referred to as zombie cells because they have outlived their usefulness without ever quite dying, have existed in the human body as a seeming paradox, causing inflammation ...

For a while now, some plastic surgeons have been using stem cells to treat aging, sun-damaged skin. But while they've been getting good results, it's been unclear exactly how these treatments - using ...

Microscope image of skin fascia showing TIFFs labeled in green. Selected TIFFs are labeled in pink to visualize their star-like shape. Image credit: Rosenblum Lab The surprise discovery of a new type ...

Some plastic surgeons have been using stem cells to treat aging, sun-damaged skin. But while they've been getting good results, it's been unclear exactly how these treatments work to rejuvenate ...

In a new study, researchers from the University of Tokyo, Harvard University, and the International Research Center for Neurointelligence have unveiled a technique for creating lifelike robotic skin ...

Researchers extracted fibroblasts -- cells that produce the scaffolding to give tissues their structure -- associated with skin tissue and pushed them toward senescence by damaging their DNA, ...