Gene-editing tools like CRISPR have unlocked new treatments for previously uncurable diseases. Now, researchers at the ...

Doctors warn that using insecticides for lice or dandruff is highly toxic. Applying chemicals like Sniper to your scalp can ...

"Sea lice" is often deemed the culprit behind irritated skin after a swim - but the truth will really make your skin crawl. A ...

Wash your body and change into clean clothes at least once a week to get rid of body lice. Wash clothes, sheets, and towels in hot water and dry on high heat to kill lice and remove eggs. Use topical ...

Robots are getting better at seeing, hearing, and moving, but touch has always been the missing piece. At CES 2026, Ensuring Technology showcased a new kind of artificial skin that could finally give ...

The takeaway: Researchers in China have developed an artificial skin that allows robots to sense pressure and respond in ways similar to living tissue, helping them avoid damage. The flexible ...

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Two copies of a poetry book by formerly enslaved poet Phillis Wheatley are bound in human skin and housed in Cincinnati. The books were bound in the 1930s for a collector who reportedly smuggled the ...

A microscope image of a human egg contains a nucleus taken from a skin cell. (Mitalipov Laboratory at Oregon Health & Science University) WASHINGTON — Oregon scientists used human skin cells to create ...

Women in their 60s and 70s could theoretically one day give birth to genetically related children, according to scientists pioneering a breakthrough technique that converts DNA from skin cells into ...

Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University have achieved a scientific first: transforming human skin cells into eggs that can be fertilized in the lab. Their study, published Tuesday in Nature ...