When you’ve got an itch, your first instinct is to scratch it, bringing instant relief. However, any relief from scratching [ ...

Scratching an itchy rash worsens inflammation by triggering pain-sensing neurons and activating mast cells, creating a ...

New research suggests that stress might be one of the things that’s making you feel itchy and sheds some light on just why ...

Eczema was then induced on their ears. When the mice were allowed to scratch the itch, inflammatory cells known as neutrophils filled the area, leading to swelling and inflammation. If mice were ...

Feb. 10, 2025 — Evolution is traditionally associated with a process of increasing complexity and gaining new genes. However, the explosion of the genomic era shows that gene loss and ...

Feb. 4, 2025 — Research has shown that a potential new targeted therapy for childhood brain cancer is effective in infiltrating and killing tumor cells in preclinical models tested in mice.

Racial disparities in mortality are increasing. This article explores how the production of DNA-edited ethnically diverse ...

Inspired by how plants produce their food, scientists have developed a system using artificial leaves to create sustainable ...

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“Broken skin barriers” are real. They’re the subject of great interest from " skinfluencers " on TikTok, but they’re also ...

RTCB is required for the splicing of both tRNA and XBP1 mRNA, whereas the DDX1 enzymatic activity is specifically required for tRNA splicing in vivo. Snaebjornsson et al. explore a selective ...