A human being, on the other hand ... the researchers took a skin sample and separated it under a microscope into millimetersized living sweat glands. They then multiplied the cells contained ...

It turns out the same glands that make you sweat are responsible for another job vital to your health: they help heal wounds. Human skin is ... which are very under-studied," Rittié says.

However icky one may consider eccrinology, the study of sweat and other gland secretions ... a civilian chemist and engineer with the 711th Human Performance Wing at Wright-Patterson Air Force ...

The epithelia of multicellular organisms represent a major barrier to the environment and provide the first line of defense against invading microorganisms. In the epithelia, antimicrobial ...

Heat rash — also known as prickly heat, summer rash, or wildfire rash — occurs when the sweat gland ... microscope for examining the skin — the spots may show up as white globules under ...

In other words, exposed to sunnier conditions, those better at sweating — characterized by less fur and more sweat glands — were more likely ... Analyzing skin biopsies from cadavers under a ...

Turns out the same glands that make you sweat are responsible for another job vital to your health: they help heal wounds. Human skin is ... which are very under-studied," Rittié says.

Sweat glands constantly secrete the antibiotic ... Sweat's acidity and our rapidly sloughing skin may also keep surface-dwellers under control. So while washing may be good for keeping friends ...