Main Category: Dermatology
Also Included In: Immune System / Vaccines; Eczema / Psoriasis
Article Date: 10 Jul 2012 - 0:00 PDT
Current ratings for:The Inflammatory Mechanism Involved In Sunburn Described For The First Time
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The biological mechanism of sunburn - the reddish, painful, protective immune response from ultraviolet (UV) radiation - is a consequence of RNA damage to skin cells, report researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and elsewhere in the Advance Online Publication of Nature Medicine.The findings open the way to perhaps eventually blocking the inflammatory process, the scientists said, and have implications for a range of medical conditions and treatments."For example, diseases like
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