2. Use your hands and squeeze one side of your “papilla” to make another part inflate. This is similar to how muscles control the amount that papillae are extended. When a cuttlefish or octopus wants ...

Chromatophores, iridophores, leucophores, and papillae are considered here, as is the hypothesis that both central and peripheral light sensing tissues participate in appropriate skin color ...

image: A composite image of six young cuttlefish in the lab, use their neurally innervated skin to express different types of body color patterns and different levels of papillae expression.

Takeuchi's Biohybrid Systems Laboratory has previously engineered skin that can heal, created small robots with biological muscle tissue, and 3D printed lab-grown meat. He says the latest work on ...

Robotic researchers at the University of Tokyo in Japan have discovered a new way to bind skin tissue to mechanical skeletons, allowing the skin to move with the robot. CNN values your feedback 1.

Dermatopathologists are doctors who study skin samples under a microscope to diagnose diseases. Learn more about what they do and when you might need a dermatopathologist.

Other methods to bind skin tissue to solid structures come with limitations. This new method can work on complex, curved, and even moving surfaces. ©2024 Takeuchi et al.

In skin suffering from an autoimmune blistering disease, your body's immune system mistakes normal skin tissue for something it needs to fight off, and then attacks this healthy skin tissue. This ...