acne
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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
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
She has shared a before-and-after with her 59,000 followers: Her face, once splotchy with some acne scarring, is now clear, bronzed and glowing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 22, 2026
For women, the most common effects are excess hair growth, acne and weight gain, which are usually reversible with reduction in dosage or discontinuation.
From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2026
He had a terrible case of acne, his face like a relief map.
From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier
As it turns out, people blessed with healthy skin have comparable amounts of the bacteria C. acnes to those with acne.
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
