Skin ?Sees? UV Light, Starts Producing Pigment

ScienceDaily (Nov. 3, 2011) ? “In a new study, biologists report that melanocyte skin cells detect ultraviolet light using a photosensitive receptor previously thought to exist only in the eye. This eye-like ability of skin to sense light triggers the production of melanin within hours, more quickly than previously thought, in an apparent rush to protect against damage to DNA.”? Brown University, the National Institutes of Health, and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada supported the research. more >>