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acne

[ak-nee] / ˈæk ni /


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KPV is also touted as being good for gut health, tissue repair - including skin damage, like acne, and for regulating the immune system.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

On a recent summer day at Crossroads School for Arts & Sciences, students ambled through yawns, braces and acne into their creative writing class.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 1, 2026

For my peers battling acne, eczema or chronic sensitivity, most of the remedies didn’t seem to work.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 17, 2026

A few years later, I was managing an autoimmune condition and some stubborn cystic acne when my doctor suggested I try reducing dairy — just to see what happened.

From Salon Mar. 25, 2026

The Keeper picked one with really spectacular acne covering his neck and ears.

From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer

This explains why antibiotics failed me time and time again: They selected for the resistant and hypervirulent strains of C. acnes.

From Slate Feb. 22, 2025

To edit the genome of C. acnes, the research team led by Marc Güell has focused on improving DNA delivery to the cell, DNA stability inside the cell, and gene expression.

From Science Daily Jan. 9, 2024

Working with mice and with human skin samples, the scientists found that C. acnes triggers fibroblasts to transform into fat cells that secrete an antimicrobial substance—along with inflammation-causing proteins.

From Scientific American Jun. 16, 2022

Which statement best describes the relationship between humans and P. acnes?

From Textbooks Jun. 9, 2022

It is now generally acknowledged that the cause of this disease is the organism known as bacillus acnes.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg




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