A new study in Scientific Reports reveals that skin shame is a key psychological burden for people with atopic dermatitis and psoriasis. It significantly affects quality of life, even more than anxiety or depression, especially when disease severity is high.

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04.05.2025

Melanoma cases climb amid declining sunscreen use in Canada

Despite decades of public health messaging, Canadians are spending more time in the sun and using less sun protection – raising alarms among researchers as melanoma cases continue to climb.

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14.05.2025

Skin microbiome plays active role in sun protection and immune balance

The skin microbiome plays an important role in health and disease. Researchers have now substantiated that certain skin bacteria can protect us from the sun's ultraviolet (UV) radiation specifically by metabolizing cis-urocanic acid using an enzyme called urocanase.

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14.05.2025

Nasal vaccine boosters can trigger strong immune defenses in the respiratory tract, study finds

Most vaccines — and boosters — are injected directly into muscle tissue, usually in the upper arm, to kickstart the body's immune system in the fight against disease.

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15.05.2025

Scientists map optimal brain site for treating essential tremor

For millions of people around the world with essential tremor, everyday activities from eating and drinking to dressing and doing basic tasks can become impossible.

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16.05.2025

New gene editor evoCAST enables precise insertion of complete genes

Ask scientists what gene editing tool is most needed to advance gene therapy, and they'd probably describe a system that's now close to realization in the labs of Samuel Sternberg at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and David Liu at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard.

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16.05.2025

New genetic database sheds light on Brazil’s ancestry and disease risks

Since the human genome was first sequenced in 2003, the world's scientific community has been racing to decipher this "book" written in an alphabet of four letters.

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18.05.2025

Study reveals subtle effects of recessive mutations on health and reproduction

As a group, carriers of recessive disorders are slightly less healthy and have a reduced chance of having offspring.

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Why skin shame matters more than symptoms in chronic skin conditions

Melanoma cases climb amid declining sunscreen use in Canada

Skin microbiome plays active role in sun protection and immune balance

Nasal vaccine boosters can trigger strong immune defenses in the respiratory tract, study finds

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Scientists map optimal brain site for treating essential tremor

New gene editor evoCAST enables precise insertion of complete genes

New genetic database sheds light on Brazil’s ancestry and disease risks

Study reveals subtle effects of recessive mutations on health and reproduction

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