Keratin Keratin Keratin () is one of a family of fibrous structural proteins. It is the key structural material making up hair, horns, claws, hooves, and the outer layer of human skin. Keratin is also the protein that protects epithelial cells from damage or stress. Keratin is extremely insoluble in water and organic solvents. Keratin monomers assemble into bundles to form intermediate filaments, which are tough and form strong unmineralized epidermal appendages found in reptiles, birds, amphibians, and mammals. The only other biological matter known to approximate the toughness of keratinized tissue is chitin. Keratin derives from Greek ' from '
The Hair and Skin Trading Company Up and Then Forgetting Them". Mackay and Webb played several gigs around London with Tony Irving in a free noise / jazz band called Unity Gain,releasing a lathe cut L.P in Jan 2014 titled "Sounds from the Room" playing the Dublin Castle,London in June 2014 . Webb continues to make music under the name Micro / Nigel Webb and Digital Signal Recordings with a number of new projects in progress. The Hair and Skin Trading Company The Hair and Skin Trading Company is a British drone / avant-noise group, formed in 1991 by ex-Loop members Neil Mackay (vocals/bass) and John