Meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD) is the major cause of evaporative dry eye disease (EDED) and dysfunction is widely thought to mechanistically involve ductal hyperkeratinization, plugging and ...

In an effort to address the challenges posed by insufficient keratinized tissue around dental implants, Dr. Priscilla Sosa, a Periodontology resident at the University of Alabama in Birmingham School ...

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine have discovered a protein that is essential for formation of the outermost layer of the epidermis, the part of the skin ...

In the fifth episode of Tox Chat Box, SCIEX’s forensic toxicology vodcast, host Pierre Negri sat down with Dr Tina Binz, head of the Center for Forensic Hair Analytics at the Zurich Institute for ...

AIM: The objective of this review is to determine the efficiency of different augmentation materials in increasing the ideal width and thickness of peri-implant keratinized mucosa (PIKM) and thereby ...

Cornified scales of reptiles increased their capacity to live in terrestrial environments. The stratum corneum is very thin, with little keratin. Skin is used for gas exchange. Thick keratin layer ...