Empa researchers are working together with clinical partners on a model of human skin. The model will allow scientists to simulate skin diseases and thus better understand them. The skin is the ...

The mechanisms underlying skin renewal are still poorly understood. Interleukin-38 (IL-38), a protein involved in regulating inflammatory responses, could be a game changer. A team has observed it for ...

Human skin is amazing. It senses temperature, pressure, and texture. It’s able to stretch and spring back, time and again. And it provides a barrier between the body and bad things in the ...

Imagine for a moment what the human body would be like without skin (we know—ick—but bear with us): All our organs, muscles, and bones would be exposed, completely vulnerable to the ravages of the ...

In a new study, researchers have managed to curb skin cancer. The study was conducted on artificial human skin. By using artificial human skin, a research group from the University of Copenhagen have ...

Growing cells in the laboratory is an art that humans have mastered decades ago. Recreating entire three-dimensional tissues is much more challenging. Empa researchers are developing a new ...