Until now, skin cells have been viewed as barriers that can respond to electric stimuli. Turns out, they also generate ...

SINGAPORE – Customers of popular home-grown skincare brand Skin Inc were thrown for a loop when its sole physical store at Ion Orchard shuttered without notice on Feb 13. Located in basement ...

Scientists discover "electric spiking" communication in previously thought to be mute cells, paving the way for bioelectric ...

Now, US researchers have discovered that the epithelial cells that line our skin and organs are able to signal the same way to communicate peril. They just use a long, slow 'scream', rather than the ...

Ion channels are integral membrane protein assemblies ... In this work, the authors report that citronellal stimulates skin renewal by promoting keratinocyte proliferation through the activation ...