Your skin includes three layers known as epidermis, dermis, and fat. Some health issues, such as dermatitis and infections, can affect how these different layers work to protect your internal organs.

A team led by King's College London has grown a layer of human ... it is easy to scale up and it is reproducible." He said the same method could be used to test new treatments for skin diseases.

There are medical terms for various parts of your skin. Here's a rough guide to what those terms mean. Stratum corneum: The outer layer of dead skin The stratum corneum contains dead skin cells ...

Skin layer grown from human stem cells could replace animals in drug, cosmetics testing Date: April 24, 2014 Source: King's College London Summary: The first lab-grown epidermis -- the outermost ...

Inside the square are sandwiched several layers of human skin cells, seeded and grown into a thin swatch of skin about the size of a dime. A grid of living blood vessels lies beneath the tissues, ...

The aging was were reversed when old human skin was transplanted on young SCID mice, thus confirming that all layers of human skin could become young again. In addition, the number of new blood ...

“We’ve achieved what we believe to be the first demonstration of a multi-layer, thin film sensor that automatically realigns during healing. This is a critical step toward mimicking human skin ...

Skin grown in the laboratory can replace animals in drug and cosmetics testing, UK scientists say. A team led by King's College London has grown a layer of human ... it is easy to scale up and ...