Melanin is a natural pigment in your body that protects you from UV damage from the sun. People with darker skin tend to have more melanin and are therefore at a lower risk of sun damage.

Walker et al. engineered bacteria to synthesize a melanin-producing enzyme, allowing them to grow a black material that can substitute for leather in fashion items. See Walker et al. Illustration ...

Melanin protects the skin-;the body's largest ... Furuyama elaborated on their approach: "Bacteria that reside on our skin and evade immune responses often become commensals, neither benefiting ...