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Study explains skin's response to UVA light
Description: Researchers have strengthened their understanding of how skin cells called melanocytes sense ultraviolet light and act to protect themselves with melanin. In a new study, they report experiments showing that an ion channel well-known elsewhere in the body for its chemical sensitivity, plays a central role in this process. [Source: Brown University]
URL: http://news.brown.edu/pressreleases/2013/01/trpa1
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Source: Brown University
Publish Date: 1/21/2013
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