MONTAGNA SYMPOSIUM 2013 Light and Skin: How Light Sustains, Damages, Treats, Images and Modifies Skin Biology
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The 62nd annual Montagna Symposium on the Biology of Skin, “Light and Skin: How Light Sustains, Damages, Treats, Images and Modifies Skin Biology,” was held October 10–14, 2013, in Stevenson, Washington. Life and skin evolved under sunlight; dermatology will forever be entwined with photomedicine. We routinely use microscopy, optical diagnostics, phototherapy, photodynamic therapy and lasers while dealing with melanoma, nonmelanoma skin cancer, photosensitivity disorders and photoaging. Moreover, there are misunderstandings, recent surprises, mysteries and challenges. How do the protean cutaneous and systemic effects of light really happen? Exactly what is healthy and unhealthy about light? Can these be separated? What is the ideal sunscreen? What can we “see” inside live skin? Which technologies are pushing the limits for therapy and diagnosis? How to “translate” promising research all the way to practical impact? The Symposium was organized by Molly Kulesz-Martin, and chaired by Rox Anderson with Session Chairs David Fisher, Barbara Gilchrest and Steven Jacques.
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