Nurses need to understand the skin and its functions to identify and manage skin problems. This article, the first in a two-part series, looks at the skin’s structure and key functions.

Dalvance is used to treat acute ­bacterial skin and skin structure infections. Dalvance is used to treat acute ­bacterial skin and skin structure infections (ABSSSI) that have been caused by ...

A study shows how interactions between skin stem cells -- the cells responsible for the constant renewal of skin -- maintain the architecture of this organ. "We knew that these junctions were ...

Frozen mammoth skin retained its chromosome structure Features as small as 50 nanometers preserved in a 50,000-year-old sample.