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Better Bandages, Food Packaging, Fresher Shoes, Thanks To New Antibacterial Material

Main Category: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses
Also Included In: Dermatology;  Public Health
Article Date: 23 Jul 2010 – 1:00 PDT

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A new form of paper with the built-in ability to fight disease-causing bacteria could have applications that range from [...]

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2010 07 23 Skin Care News Comments Off

Using A Molecular Toolkit To Transform Skin Cells Into Stem Cells

In an effort to sidestep the ethical dilemma involved in using human embryonic stem cells to treat diseases, scientists are developing non-controversial alternatives: In particular, they are looking for drug-like chemical compounds that can transform adult skin cells into the stem cells now obtained from human embryos…

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2010 02 20 Skin Care News Comments Off

Burns Patients Awaiting Skin Grafts: Human Embryonic Stem-Cells Could Be Used To Generate Temporary Skin

A study in this week’s edition of The Lancet reports that the use of human embryonic stem-cells (hESCs) is a promising alternative for producing temporary skin substitutes for patients awaiting skin grafts after, for example, serious burn injuries. The article is the work of Dr Christine Baldeschi, INSERM and Institute for Stem Cell Therapy and [...]

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2009 11 20 Skin Care News Comments Off

Reprogramming Human Cells Without Inserting Genes

A research team comprised of faculty at Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s (WPI) Life Sciences and Bioengineering Center (LSBC) and investigators at CellThera, a private company also located at the LSBC, has discovered a novel way to turn on stem cell genes in human fibroblasts (skin cells) without the risks associated with inserting extra genes or using [...]

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2009 07 31 Skin Care News Comments Off

Antioxidant Found In Berries, Other Foods Prevents UV Skin Damage That Leads To Wrinkles

Using a topical application of the antioxidant ellagic acid, researchers at Hallym University in the Republic of Korea markedly prevented collagen destruction and inflammatory response – major causes of wrinkles – in both human skin cells and the sensitive skin of hairless mice following continuing exposure to UV-B, the sun’s skin-damaging ultraviolet radioactive rays. [...]

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2009 04 23 Skin Care News Comments Off

Healing Of Diabetic Ulcers Using Human Stem Cells

Treatment of chronic wounds is a continuing clinical problem and socio-economic burden with diabetic foot ulcers alone costing the NHS £300 million a year. Scientists in Bristol have found that human foetal stem cells can effectively be used to treat back leg ischaemic ulcers in a model of type 1 diabetes.

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2009 04 21 Skin Care News Comments Off