Researchers at the University of Iowa (UI) Health Care and colleagues at the Texas Biomedical Research Institute, and Boston University, used human skin explants to track the cellular route that the ...

Toxic chemicals designed to prevent household objects from catching fire can be rapidly absorbed into the bloodstream via the skin. These flame-retardant chemicals, such as polybrominated diphenyl ...

They’re in school uniforms, food packaging, cosmetics and personal care products (SNE: 11/18/22; SN: 6/4/19; SN: 6/15/21). They seep into our food and drinking water. And now new research suggests ...

Share on Pinterest A new study demonstrates how flame retardant additives in microplastics become absorbed by the skin and enter the bloodstream Alistair Berg/Getty Images Researchers are increasingly ...

Empa researchers are working together with clinical partners on a model of human skin. The model will allow scientists to simulate skin diseases and thus better understand them. The skin is the ...

Growing cells in the laboratory is an art that humans have mastered decades ago. Recreating entire three-dimensional tissues is much more challenging. Empa researchers are developing a new ...