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These keep your skin cells healthy by bringing them the oxygen and nutrients they need. Blood vessels also carry away wastes. It's pretty hard to have a look at your own blood vessels, but older people (like your grandparents' age) have visible blood vessels.
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kidshealth.org/kid/body/skin_noSW_p2.html
kidshealth.org/kid/body/skin_noSW_p2.html
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Skin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The skin is the outer covering of the body. In humans, it is the largest organ of the integumentary system made up of multiple layers of mesodermal tissue, and guards the underlying muscles, bones, ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skin
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Scientists have successfully produced liver cells from patients' skin cells opening the possibility of treating a wide range of diseases that affect liver function. ... These are liver cells generated from skin that are shown to make human liver proteins Albumin in green and HNF4 in red. (Credit: Medical College of Wisconsin)
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www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091008172003.htm
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Scientists for the first time have turned ordinary skin cells into what appear to be embryonic stem cells -- without having to use human eggs or make new human embryos in the process, as has always been required in the past, a Harvard research team announced yesterday. ... COMMENTS ARE CLOSED; ... In theory at least,
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www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/2...
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/21/AR2005082101180.html
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As they are pushed upwards, the cells produce the fibrous protein keratin, which provides the epidermis with its protective properties. The keratin becomes to dominate the cell contents, and by the time the cells reach the skin surface, they are dead, scale-like structures.
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www.bioeng.auckland.ac.nz/physiome/ontologies/skin/cell...
www.bioeng.auckland.ac.nz/physiome/ontologies/skin/cells.php
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In the body, there are brain cells, skin cells, liver cells, stomach cells, and the list goes on. All of these cells have unique functions and features. And all have some recognizable similarities. All cells have a 'skin', called the plasma membrane, protecting it from the outside environment.
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web.jjay.cuny.edu/~acarpi/NSC/13-cells.htm
web.jjay.cuny.edu/~acarpi/NSC/13-cells.htm
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UK Multiple Sclerosis Society - Skin cells might make nerves ... Skin cells might make nerves ... Researchers at the University of Oslo found skin cells incubated in extracts taken from nerve cells started to look like nerves and began activating genes which nerves use. After the cells divided, the new cells still looked...
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www.mssociety.org.uk/news_events/news/daily/skin_cells_...
www.mssociety.org.uk/news_events/news/daily/skin_cells_might.html
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Scientists change skin cells to stem cells, giving them all the power of embryonic stem cells. How it eventually plays out in terms of medical benefits remains to be seen. ... Scientists have reprogrammed skin cells into various types of cells, including heart, muscle and brain tissue. ; Image: Cell Press...
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www.wired.com/medtech/stemcells/news/2007/11/skin_cell
www.wired.com/medtech/stemcells/news/2007/11/skin_cell
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