Skin Defects Set Off Alarm With Widespread And Potentially Harmful Effects

Thursday, May 29, 2008 - 09:14 in Health & Medicine

When patches of red, flaky and itchy skin on newborn mice led rapidly to their deaths, researchers looked for the reason why. What they found was a molecular alarm system that serves as a sentinel to monitor the integrity of skin -- the body's essential protective barrier.

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