Skin Diseases

Reposted from Brigham Clinical & Research News Throughout our lives, our skin goes through a lot. We get sunburns, we skin our knees, we bleed, we scar and we do it again. Our skin is our largest organ and, in many ways, serves as our protector. Beyond...

HSCI researchers identify mechanism for regenerating hair follicle stem cells By Jessica Lau Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) researchers have identified the biological mechanism of how chronic stress impairs hair follicle stem cells, confirming long...

HSCI Principal Faculty member Jose Ordovas-Montanes has received an early-career award from the New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF). He has been named a NYSCF – Robertson Investigator, which recognizes cutting-edge research with the potential to...

Harvard scientists find that the same cell types that cause goosebumps are responsible for controlling hair growth By Jessica Lau If you’ve ever wondered why we get goosebumps, you’re in good company — so did Charles Darwin, who mused about them in his...

HSCI researchers develop a more accurate model of human skin with fat, nerves, and hair For more than 40 years, scientists have been recreating human skin in the lab. Yet all of these models have lacked many of the component cells and structures of normal...

HSCI scientist Ya-Chieh Hsu, Ph.D. is the recipient of the 2020 LEO Foundation Award. The award recognizes extraordinary contributions to dermatology research that advance our understanding of skin diseases, and have the potential to pave the way for new...