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- Tik Tok Trend Watch: Cyanide as a Potential Acne Cure?https://practicaldermatology.com/news/tik-tok-trend-watch-cyanide-as-a-potential-acne-cure/2461968/Tik Tok is where many trends and DIY challenges get started, and skin care one of the more popular categories for this content. The latest -- a viral video of a woman claiming that she has been 'secretly' feeding her boyfriend seeds containing cyanide (yes, that cyanide) and that it has cleared u…
- POCN Launches AD Center of Excellencehttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/pocn-launches-ad-center-of-excellence/2461965/POCN has launched its Atopic Dermatitis Center of Excellence, a free online portal that provides NPs and PAs with clinical guidelines, patient support and education resources, and the latest clinical atopic dermatitis research. The information in the portal includes diagnostic tools, treatment su…
- Nathalie Daste Named LEO Pharma’s New Executive Vice President of Global People and Corporate Affairshttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/nathalie-daste-named-leo-pharmas-new-executive-vice-president-of-global-people-and-corporate-affairs/2461964/Nathalie Daste is LEO Pharma’s new Executive Vice President, Global People and Corporate Affairs, and member of its Global Leadership Team, effective October 1, 2023. In her new role, Ms. Daste will head LEO Pharma’s Global People function as well as Corporate Affairs, including sustainability and…
- New App-controlled Device May Help Quickly Identify Infected Woundshttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/new-app-controlled-device-may-help-quickly-identify-infected-wounds/2461959/A new app-controlled device may allow doctors to spot infected wounds faster. The scientists developed a device called the Swift Ray 1 which can be attached to a smartphone and connected to the Swift Skin and Wound software. It can take medical-grade photographs, infrared thermography images (whic…
- Business News: LEO Pharma to Acquire Timber Pharmaceuticalshttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/business-news-leo-pharma-to-acquire-timber-pharmaceuticals/2461943/LEO Pharma is set to acquire Timber Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The deal represents a total transaction value of up to $36 million with an initial upfront consideration of $14 million, and up to an additional $22.0 million in contingent value rights payable upon achievement of certain milestones. The…
- Leprosy Cases Rise in Florida: What Do Dermatologists Need to Know?https://practicaldermatology.com/news/leprosy-cases-rise-in-florida-what-do-dermatologists-need-to-know/2461935/Leprosy is making headlines because of an outbreak in Florida, and although this disease is still rare, it should be on dermatologists' radar, says Carrie Kovarik, MD, a professor of dermatology and medicine at Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Leprosy …
- Research Uncovers Genes Dictating the Direction of Hair Whorlshttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/research-uncovers-genes-dictating-the-direction-of-hair-whorls/2461932/The first gene mapping study on human scalp hair whorls shows that hair whorl direction has a genetic basis and is affected by multiple genes, according to a new study in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology. A hair whorl is a patch of hair growing in a circular pattern around a point specifie…
- MRF to Host the 2023 Philadelphia Miles for Melanoma 5Khttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/mrf-to-host-the-2023-philadelphia-miles-for-melanoma-5k/2461928/The Melanoma Research Foundation’s (MRF) nextl Miles for Melanoma nationwide 5K program will take place in Philadelphia event on Saturday, August 26, 2023, at the Philadelphia Zoo at 7:30am ET. Register to attend the Philadelphia Miles for Melanoma 5K event here by Wednesday, August 23rd, 2023, a…
- Found: 135 New Melanin Genes Responsible for Pigmentationhttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/found-135-new-melanin-genes-responsible-for-pigmentation/2461927/Researchers have discovered 135 new genes associated with pigmentation. “To understand what actually causes different amounts of melanin to be produced, we used a technology called CRISPR-Cas9 to genetically engineer cells,” explains study author Vivek Bajpai, Ph.D., lead author and an assistant p…
- Angina Drug Ranolazine Improves the Efficacy of Current Treatments for Melanoma in Mouse Modelshttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/angina-drug-ranolazine-improves-the-efficacy-of-current-treatments-for-melanoma-in-mouse-models/2461926/The heart drug ranolazine may improve the efficacy of current therapies for melanoma in mouse models of this disease, according to research out of Navarrabiomed Biomedical Research Center, the Institute of Neurosciences CSIC-UMH, and IRB Barcelona. The development of future clinical trials to vali…