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Nail polish can cause cancer
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Nail polish can cause cancer

When painting nails, girls usually leave 5-7 days before they have to repaint. Once you have become a habit, nail and toenail work will keep coming up. Doctors think tha…

December 14, 2018
New bandages help the wound heal
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New bandages help the wound heal

The Institute of Environmental Technology (Vietnam Institute of Science and Technology) has initially manufactured a new bandage to help the wound heal. Dr. Huynh Thi Ha…

December 14, 2018
Decode the mystery of the blue skin
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Decode the mystery of the blue skin

A family in the US state of Kentucky has unusual, blue skin. Their skin color is the subject of many years of mysterious stories that make scientists seek answers.

December 14, 2018
Strange 2 sisters skinned like a snake
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Strange 2 sisters skinned like a snake

Stacey and Emma Picken are the only sisters in the UK diagnosed with rare lamellar ichthyosis, with a worldwide incidence of 1 / 600,000.

December 14, 2018
Create brain cells from the skin
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Create brain cells from the skin

Scientists pioneer in cloning technology have created brain cells from the skin, paving the way for better treatments for neuropathy.

December 14, 2018
Canned foods increase the risk of cancer
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Canned foods increase the risk of cancer

A new study by the Breast Cancer Foundation (Australia) found that the level of toxicity of Bisphenol A, often abbreviated as BPA, in many canned foods sold in the count…

December 14, 2018
Killing cancer cells with skin cells
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Killing cancer cells with skin cells

Recently scientists at Oxford University have successfully developed a method to transform skin cells into special immune cells capable of detecting cancer cells.

December 14, 2018
3-year-old baby has red skin
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3-year-old baby has red skin

Jack Oldacres, 3, has Netherton syndrome since birth. Symptoms of this disease are chronic dermatitis, severe dehydration and developmental delay.

December 14, 2018
Detects pigment Melanin to darken the skin
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Detects pigment Melanin to darken the skin

Recently, US scientists have discovered skin cells containing pigment Rhodopsin, a visual pigment, that promotes the production of Melanin skin to darken the skin when e…

December 14, 2018