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Stories about: skin disease

Cell Binding Mechanism Could End Skin and Heart Problems A scientist at the University of Manchester has discovered the mechanism that binds skin cells together, and he says that this finding could be the end of debilitating and painful skin conditions, and of deadly heart defects as well.According to Professor David Garrod, in the Faculty of Life Sciences, it seems that t... 21 January 2011 05:18 GMT Psoriasis Treated with Indigo Extract Traditional Chinese medicine has been using indigo plant extracts to cure psoriasis for millennia now, while Western medicine still relies on corticosteroids for the job. But now, a newly-devised ointment, obtained from the leaves of the plant, showed great promise in reducing the scales and rashes caused by even the... 27 November 2008 08:53 GMT