Editorial: Toll-like Receptor 7: More Than Skin Deep?

More than skin deep.

will have noticed a number of cosmetic changes made to the journal since it received its last major facelift at the beginning of 1999. Most of these changes have been designed to make the journal a more attractive “read”. But the real changes go more than skin deep. The Editorial Board has been implementing structural changes to the way that the journal is produced and disseminated, with the ai...

Antiviral Response Than Toll-Like Receptor Toll-Like Receptor 3 Mediates a More Potent

Skin cancer: more than skin deep.

PURPOSE To provide the wound care practitioner with an updated overview of the epidemiology, clinical presentation, treatment, and prevention of skin cancer. TARGET AUDIENCE This continuing education activity is intended for physicians and nurses with an interest in skin and wound care. OBJECTIVES After participating in this educational activity, the participant should be better able to: 1....

Australian surgeon's tenacity more than skin deep.

The CEAs are sprayed, fan-like from a nozzled syringe onto severely burnt areas, prepared (ideally) with a patchwork of grafted skin. About half of the cells fall face down and grow because of the enzymes they secrete (being non-confluent), thus adhering to the recipient bed to proliferate. The beauty of Wood’s ‘spray-on skin’ (besides the speed of intervention so crucial for burns treatment), ...

Psoriasis: More Than Just Skin Deep.

Psoriasis is a common inflammatory condition involving the skin, scalp, nails and joints. It significantly increases the risk of cardiovascular events and death in those affected, above Framingham Risk Score (FRS) prediction alone 1 . There is a dose-response element; those with the most severe psoriasis (assessed by the psoriasis area severity index (PASI) score) are at the greatest risk. A UK...