The melanin in human skin could one day be used to create bionic implants, thanks to a special process harnessed by scientists in a landmark new study. Dark brown melanin in skin has long been known ...

We sat down with the dermatologist, formulator, and founder of Skin Remedy, Dr. Muneeb Shah to teach us all about dark spots, acne scars, melasma, and the best products to treat it.

Your skin color is determined by a pigment called melanin. Special cells in your skin called melanocytes create melanin, which gives your skin its color. How much melanin you have, as well as the type ...

A laboratory method that mimics how melanin is made in the skin yields pigments in a wide range of brilliant colours. Just one pigment — melanin — serves as the basis for the diversity of hair, skin ...

To understand the biological underpinnings of skin and hair pigmentation and related diseases such as albinism or melanoma, scientists and doctors need quantitative, three-dimensional information ...

The global skin-lightening market is worth over $10 billion and growing, but the unregulated products driving it contain ...

UCC palaeontologists have discovered new evidence that the fate of vertebrate animals over the last 400 million years has been shaped by microscopic melanin pigments. This new twist in the story of ...

Some animal species have developed conspicuous traits produced by melanin pigments (for instance, dark manes in lions, black stripes in some birds and fishes). These traits are used as signals during ...