Scientists have characterised the molecular effects of cannabidiol (CBD) on skin cells, highlighting antioxidant promise for use in topical skin care products to treat diseases like atopic dermatitis.
With more models and techniques being developed and used beauty professionals are getting a better understanding of omics and their growing potential in skin care; and this is making the techniques become cheaper, faster and more accurate too.
Researchers have created a new online database to help uncover the molecular controls that generate skin and hair, and hope to further future understanding of the topic.
Continuing its on-going research into skin care science and anti-ageing, Nivea product maker Beiersdorf has teamed up with the scientific network project AgeNet to study the effects of environmental factors responsible for skin ageing.
Swedish researchers at Lund University have developed various in vitro test strategies to replace animal testing when determining skin allergens, thanks to a special special gene expression analysis software.
The sequencing of the human genome has provided powerful new tools to investigate the effect of active ingredients on the body; but, there are limitations and these tools cannot replace tests in real people.
Two studies investigating the genetics of skin aging are to be
presented at the 21st World Congress of Dermatology in
Buenos Aries, Argentina, by Procter and Gamble (P&G) Beauty.
