Skin is the body's largest organ and, along with hair, nails, and skin-associated nerves and glands, is part of the integumentary system, according to the medical resource StatPearls.

Glands: Four types of glands make up integumentary system parts: sudoriferous, sebaceous, ceruminous, and mammary glands. Sudoriferous glands produce sweat and genital secretions. Ceruminous ...

The skin is the heaviest part of the body and weighs up to 4.5kg - the equivalent of a bag of heavy shopping. Its surface area is about two square metres. Skin continuously renews itself - a human ...

Melanoma skin cancer cells radically rewire their internal power systems to drive their spread to other parts of the body, a new study shows. The research, led by investigators at Barts Cancer ...

I went hands-on with the L'Oréal Cell BioPrint, a skin-analyzing system that can identify your skin's biological age and provide personalized product recommendations.

Melanoma skin cancer cells radically rewire their internal power systems to drive their spread to other parts of the body, a new study shows. The research, led by investigators at Barts Cancer ...

The human skin is home to a wide variety of bacteria. The composition of the community of bacteria—called the "skin ...

Skin can generate antibodies, independent of the rest of the immune system. Credit: kazuma seki/Getty. The skin — once thought to be a mainly passive barrier — can produce its own antibodies ...

Skin cancer rewires its energy systems to spread more efficiently ... Cancer cells’ ability to break away from the original tumour and spread to other parts of the body presents one of the greatest ...