The three main forms of melanin in our body are pheomelanin, eumelanin, and neuromelanin. This pigment is synthesized in the human body by melanocyte cells and consists of numerous polymeric compounds ...

Imagine a skin cream that heals damage occurring throughout the day when your skin is exposed to sunlight or environmental toxins. That’s the potential of a synthetic, biomimetic melanin developed by ...

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The skin, hair and eye color of more than eight billion humans is determined by the light-absorbing pigment known as melanin. New research has identified 135 new genes associated with pigmentation.

Université de Montréal provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation CA-FR. Université de Montréal provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA. One of the traits that we usually ...

Radamés J.B. Cordero (right) and his research collaborator Quigly Dragotakes hold samples of melanin derived from Cryptococcus neoformans similar to the radiation blocker that will be sent into space.

Melanin is a major pigment present in vertebrates. The type and rate of melanin synthesised determines both skin and hair colour. Melanin is a light absorbing polymer derived from the essential amino ...