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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

The Cleveland Clinic notes that symptoms instead vary widely and can include irregular menstrual cycles, elevated androgen levels, acne, hair growth or loss, infertility and metabolic complications.

From Salon May 16, 2026

I developed persistent acne throughout high school and college, the kind that doesn’t respond to anything and nobody can explain.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 17, 2026

If I was getting comments about my acne on a good skin day, then I was monumentally screwed.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi

Much to my chagrin, I learned there is a link between antibiotic resistance and pathogenicity, meaning that the C. acnes strains that are antibiotic-resistant are the same strains causing aggressive breakouts.

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

In particular, human sebaceous glands support the growth of the bacterium Propionibacterium acnes, which uses oil from the glands for food.

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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