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New measurement tool to help treat vitiligo

Superstar Michael Jackson and more than 40 million others who suffer from a de-pigmenting skin disease now have a better way to predict the effectiveness of treatment, thanks to a clinical measurement tool created by a University of British Columbia dermatology researcher.

21 Jul 2004

Fine tuning your loss of body fluids may be more problematic now that researchers find receptors have an active role in our sweat rate

For most of us, hot weather leads to elevated internal and skin temperatures, which increase sweat rates and skin blood flow. How much we sweat can also depend on nonthermal factors such as exercise, baroreceptor loading status, and body fluid status.

21 Jul 2004

Radiance FN/Radiesse injectable implant material appears effective and well tolerated by patients undergoing facial soft tissue augmentation

An article in the July/August issue of the Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery reports that the use of Radiance FN/Radiesse injectable implant material appears effective and well tolerated by patients undergoing facial soft tissue augmentation, and patient satisfaction with treatment is high.

20 Jul 2004

Melanotan-1 can induce tanning in human volunteers who are known to tan easily in response to sunlight

An article in the July issue of the Archives of Dermatology reports that Melanotan-1, a synthetic agent similar to the body's hormone that regulates skin pigmentation, can be combined with UV-B light or sunlight, and appears to act synergistically in the tanning response to light.

20 Jul 2004

Levodopa and pramipexole appear to be reasonable options as initial therapy for Parkinson disease

An article in the July issue of the Archives of Neurology reports that the drugs levodopa and pramipexole both appear to be reasonable options as initial therapy for Parkinson disease, but they are associated with different efficacy and adverse effects.

20 Jul 2004

The best way to avoid infection from mosquito bites is to flick not squash

An article published in this month's New England Journal of Medicine suggests that the best way to avoid infection from mosquito bites is to actually flick them away rather than squashing them into the skin.

19 Jul 2004

First international server to analyze genetic diversity on a large scale

Researchers from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona have developed the first international server that allows the user to analyze genetic diversity on a large scale.

19 Jul 2004

3M granted FDA approval for cream to treat superficial basal cell carcinoma

3M announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first prescription therapy in nearly a decade for the treatment of superficial basal cell carcinoma (sBCC), a type of nonmelanoma skin cancer.

16 Jul 2004

Funding improves the quality of the fish we eat

The quality of the fish that ends up in the shops, and eventually on our dining tables, is set to improve following a three and a half year research project into the monitoring techniques available to the fish processing industry.

15 Jul 2004

Targeted therapeutics capable of preventing or limiting the metastasis of skin cancer

An international team of scientists has identified an important molecular link involved in the spread – or metastasis – of melanoma to other organs such as the lungs.

15 Jul 2004

Important milestone for any cancer therapy that will be useful for treating patients

Mayo Clinic researchers have manipulated a human antibody to induce an anti-tumor response in living mice that consistently curbs - and often cures - malignant melanoma, one of the most lethal forms of skin cancer and the most common cancer of young adults.

15 Jul 2004

Investigation of glue as an embolic agent

Although embolization has been used for over 20 years to treat trauma victims with massive bleeding and to control hemorrhage after childbirth instead of emergency hysterectomy, the investigation of glue as an embolic agent is new.

13 Jul 2004

1 in every 20 UK servicemen who served in the first Gulf war believes that they have Gulf war Syndrome

A study of UK Gulf war servicemen, the largest to date, shows that forces deployed to the first Gulf War report more ill health than veterans who did not serve there. The study is published today in BMC Public Health.

13 Jul 2004

Educating patients can help limit side effects of chemotherapy and radiation

A new study finds patients about to undergo chemotherapy or radiation expect a high number of side effects, and that age, gender, educational background, and the type of cancer all influence how many side effects a patient expects.

12 Jul 2004

The case of a high school student in King County who died this week of meningococcal disease has created public concern

The case of a high school student in King County who was hospitalized and died this week of meningococcal disease – commonly called bacterial meningitis – has created some public concern about risks of exposure to the disease.

10 Jul 2004

Sunscreen to protect the skin's genetic material, or DNA

A new company, DNAcare Systems, is to be formed at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, based on research by skin cancer expert Dr Mark Birch-Machin and colleagues.

8 Jul 2004

Understanding the role of c-Jun in repairing damaged nerve cells could help treat spinal injuries and increase our understanding of cancer

Research into the action of a key cancer gene has serendipitously uncovered its vital role in nerve growth, Cancer Research UK scientists reveal in a paper published on Wednesday.

8 Jul 2004

The first ever model of live skin with a full ecosystem of micro-organisms

Many long-established skin products, such as shampoos and soaps, contain harmful or ineffective ingredients because effective testing methods were unavailable when they were developed.

8 Jul 2004

Possibility of generating nerve cells from an individual’s own skin cells

Results of an experimental study in this week’s issue of THE LANCET highlight how adult skin cells can be made into precursor nerve cells, with potential implications for the future treatment of neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson’s disease.

8 Jul 2004

Research into hay fever and temperature of the nose rises helps determine how reliable and effective anti-allergic agents are

In an attack of hay fever, the temperature of the nose rises. Effective medication prevents this too. An infrared camera provides non-contact images of the changes. Researchers can use these images to determine how reliable and effective anti-allergic agents are.

8 Jul 2004

Skin News and Research

New measurement tool to help treat vitiligo

Fine tuning your loss of body fluids may be more problematic now that researchers find receptors have an active role in our sweat rate

Radiance FN/Radiesse injectable implant material appears effective and well tolerated by patients undergoing facial soft tissue augmentation

Melanotan-1 can induce tanning in human volunteers who are known to tan easily in response to sunlight

Levodopa and pramipexole appear to be reasonable options as initial therapy for Parkinson disease

The best way to avoid infection from mosquito bites is to flick not squash

First international server to analyze genetic diversity on a large scale

3M granted FDA approval for cream to treat superficial basal cell carcinoma

Funding improves the quality of the fish we eat

Targeted therapeutics capable of preventing or limiting the metastasis of skin cancer

Important milestone for any cancer therapy that will be useful for treating patients

Investigation of glue as an embolic agent

1 in every 20 UK servicemen who served in the first Gulf war believes that they have Gulf war Syndrome

Educating patients can help limit side effects of chemotherapy and radiation

The case of a high school student in King County who died this week of meningococcal disease has created public concern

Sunscreen to protect the skin's genetic material, or DNA

Understanding the role of c-Jun in repairing damaged nerve cells could help treat spinal injuries and increase our understanding of cancer

The first ever model of live skin with a full ecosystem of micro-organisms

Possibility of generating nerve cells from an individual’s own skin cells

Research into hay fever and temperature of the nose rises helps determine how reliable and effective anti-allergic agents are

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

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