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acne

[ak-nee] / ˈæk ni /


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Tatum Nzekwesi, 28, who lived in Leiden in the Netherlands for about a year, said during that time she had less acne and brain fog, and noticed better digestion.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 8, 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

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

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 man had a head that had been scoured by acne long before war scars had been layered on top.

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer

The devil’s in the details when we examine strain-level differences: acne-prone individuals tend to have a greater diversity of C. acnes strains—and that diversity includes more pathogenic strains.

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

The most commonly involved bacteria are Cutibacterium acnes, which live innocuously on skin cells but can grow out of control when the skin's oily sebum increases and boosts bacterial food supply.

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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