Melanoma is an aggressive form of skin cancer that has been increasing in incidence in adults over the past 40 years.

In 1964, the US Surgeon General announced that smoking caused cancer and was not merely linked to it. It is now time to do the same with UV tanning, urge doctors.

Treatments to regenerate skin from burns become tedious and long lasting; however, Mexican researchers developed a biodegradable membrane that allows to transfer skin cells (keratinocytes) to burn...

A group of MIPT researchers together with their colleagues from Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod, Australia and the Netherlands have carried out the first systematic study analyzing the safety of so-called...

Products that claim to control bed bugs have been on the market for years. Some work, and some don't.This is a bed bug, Cimex lectularius.

New research published in the Journal of Leukocyte Biology suggests that increased sensitivity to infection related to chronic alcohol consumption is due to defective host defense responses and...

Data reveals diversity in molecular and microbial composition, as well as prevalence of personal hygiene productsResearchers at the University of California, San Diego Skaggs School of Pharmacy...

Bioplastics show promise in search for antibacterial packagingBioplastics made from protein sources such as albumin and whey have shown significant antibacterial properties, findings that could...

When tested on the skin of mice, a new experimental therapy that uses nanoparticles to deliver an enzyme blocker cut wound healing time in half compared with no treatment.

Hair loss is one of the most distressing side-effects of cancer treatment and can even deter some patients from undergoing life-saving chemotherapy.