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In 1906 the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded jointly to Santiago Ramón y Cajal and Camillo Golgi

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melanocyte necklace | silver pp_render In 1906 the Nobel PrizeMelanocyte necklace sterling silver The cell that decides skin colour is not a skin cell at all by origin. The melanocyte starts life in the neural crest, then migrates out to the skin, hair, eyes, and inner ear during development. By the time it reaches the basal layer of the epidermis, it has more in common with a neuron than with the keratinocytes around it. The Science of the Melanocyte Melanocytes produce melanin in dedicated organelles called