Artist's rendition of a cross section of skin layers (stratum corneum, epidermis and dermis) shows topical application of an ionic liquid for combating a skin-borne bacterial infection. The ionic ...

Skin is a complex organ. An average square inch of skin contains 650 sweat glands, 20 blood vessels, and more than 1,000 nerve endings. Despite being just a few millimeters thick, the skin makes ...

Nuclei of the skin cells (blue) and the outermost layer of the skin (green), the horny layer, which shows a characteristic thickening in atopic dermatitis. In addition to structural proteins, it ...