Health
New artificial skin functions like natural skin – EurekAlert
Researchers at RIKEN in Japan have developed an improved human-skin equivalent that reproduces a property that controls the structure and physiological function…
Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR) have developed an improved human-skin equivalent that reproduces traction-force balance in the lateral direction, a property that controls the structure and physiological function of skin. This artificial skin will enhance in-depth analyses of physiological skin functions, provide solutions to skin problems caused by diseases or ageing, and reduce the need for animal testing.
The skin provides a barrier and physical cushion that…
-
General19 hours agoYoung boy flown to Brisbane hospital after K’gari dingo attack
-
General17 hours agoBritish and US planes fly 12-hour mission to patrol Russian border
-
Noosa News20 hours agoWarm weather could make way for rain with ‘damaging winds, large hail’
-
General5 hours agoByford rail extension opening marks final stage of Perth Metronet