Scientists identify three distinct types of 'senescent' skin cells, opening the door to more precise therapies.

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However, when Erbacher looked at skin tissue under the microscope, he noticed that nerve fibers did not just grow around skin cells but, to the whole team’s surprise, tunneled straight through them.

Cells are the smallest units of life. But even within the same tissue or organ, they are not all identical. New variations arise continuously during cell proliferation. While genetic mutations alter ...

And while it’s easy enough to look through a microscope and count off certain ... you’d come to a staggering 724 trillion cells. Skin cells, on the other hand, are so sparse that they ...

You can’t see them without a microscope. Even if you can scrub ... They usually come out at night to feast on dead skin cells before retreating to their hiding spots to lay eggs.