Tag: Dermatology
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Nanotech-Enabled Moisturizer Speeds Healing Of Diabetic Skin Wounds
New Northwestern Medicine research shows spherical nucleic acids can silence a gene that interferes with wound healing, opening the door to new treatments for diabetic skin wounds, as well as many other conditions.
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Testing New EEG Electrodes That Bend, Conform to Skin
Northwestern Medicine scientists are testing a new flexible electronic material for safety on skin that could be used to collect noninvasive data for diagnosis of neurological disorders and brain-computer interfaces.
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Fat Tissue May Be Key to Scleroderma’s Progression
Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered that scar-forming cells in scleroderma come from fat tissue within layers of the skin, a new cellular origin that could be a key to developing treatments for the incurable disease.
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Exploring the Safety of Minimally-Invasive Cosmetic Surgeries
A Northwestern Medicine study analyzed the records of more than 20,000 surgeries and found a very low risk of adverse events for minimally-invasive cosmetic surgery procedures.
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Eczema Patients Face Increased Risk of Accidental Injury
A Northwestern Medicine study found for the first time an increased risk of accidental injury for patients with eczema, a common itchy skin disorder.
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Accelerating Diabetic Wound Healing
Depleting an enzyme called GM3 synthase with gene therapy may help diabetics heal wounds faster.
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Genetic Test Determines Melanoma Severity
The director of melanoma research within the Northwestern Skin Cancer Institute presented his validation study at a meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology.
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Scientists Reveal Protein’s Role as More Than Adhesion Molecule in Skin Development
Published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, the lab of Kathleen Green, PhD, has discovered desmoglein 1’s role in promoting the skin’s differentiation program.
