BOSTON--Findings from a study led by researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Children's Hospital Boston have rewritten science's understanding of the process of skin tanning -- an insight that ...

Human skin is constantly exposed to solar ultraviolet radiation (UVR), the most prevalent environmental carcinogen. Humans have the unique ability among mammals to respond to UVR by increasing their ...

Tanning beds promise a quick glow, but a new study says the real cost is written deep into your skin. Researchers have found ...

After a series of surprising discoveries, a team of scientists determined a role of opsin 3 in tuning human skin color in response to ultraviolet rays PROVIDENCE, R.I.[Brown University] -- A team of ...

A drug initially developed to protect skin from light and UV will soon be tested as a repigmentation therapy in vitiligo, a common disorder which causes skin to gradually lose its pigment or tone.

In a recent study published in the journal Science Advances, researchers provided high-resolution molecular evidence supporting a link between indoor tanning and an increased risk of melanoma. The ...

A team of Brown University researchers found that opsin 3 -- a protein closely related to rhodopsin, the protein that enables low-light vision -- has a role in adjusting the amount of pigment produced ...

Think about a world where a light is restoring your skin’s lost color. Red light therapy lamp is becoming popular for skin pigmentation treatment among people with vitiligo. The common skin condition, ...

October 9, 2006 Though synthetic images and contrived looks help to shape our ideas of what’s attractive and what’s passe, we suspect the suntanned look triggers recognition of a healthy, robust ...

Researchers have found that opsin 3 -- a protein closely related to rhodopsin, the protein that enables low-light vision -- has a role in adjusting the amount of pigment produced in human skin, a ...