Author: Tina Hesman Saey / Source: Science News
Sunbathing — if you must do it — should be limited to every other day, a new study suggests.
You’ll get darker and prevent some skin damage.That’s because skin makes the protective pigment melanin only every 48 hours, researchers report October 25 in Molecular Cell. Daily sunbathing can disrupt the pigment’s production and leave skin vulnerable to damage from ultraviolet light.
A protein called MITF coordinates…
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