Melanin is often talked about in terms of skin tone, but its role goes far beyond color. This naturally occurring pigment ...

Think the risk of sun damage is over after you come indoors? Turns out, you’re still susceptible to the risk of skin cancer long after you’re exposed to UV radiation. Think sunscreen is enough to ...

A group of women of different ages and races. Source: Unsplash Melanin is the major determinant of skin colour and is also responsible for absorbing harmful ultraviolet radiation to protect the skin’s ...

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 ...

Currently, no safe or proven method exists to increase melanin – the pigment, or color, in a person’s skin, hair, and eyes. A person’s genetics determine their natural melanin levels and skin color.

How is melanin pigment formed? Protein that converts DNA into RNA present in the cells of our body plays a precise role in melanin production. The skin is presumably the largest and one of the most ...

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 ...

Melanin is the pigment responsible for human skin and hair color—and it helps protect skin cells from sun damage by absorbing ultraviolet rays and scavenging free radicals. Attempting to reproduce ...

Melanin has long been known to be important for eye health, and now some companies are taking it to the next level. During her time at CNET, Kim Wong-Shing loved demystifying the world of wellness to ...

The genetic covariation among different traits may cause the appearance of correlated response to selection on multivariate phenotypes. Genes responsible for the expression of melanin-based color ...

Melanin is the universal pigment that colors our skin and hair, peacock feathers, and butterfly wings. But for Neri Oxman, the head of MIT’s Mediated Matter research group, melanin isn’t just “the ...