An advanced Skin Care Test Platform for UV Chemical Filters

先进的紫外线化学过滤器皮肤护理测试平台

• 批准号: 34144
• 金额: $ 41.35万
• 依托单位: KERATIFY LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2019 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=34144
• 关键词: advanced; Skin; Care; Test; Platform

The skin is the protective outer layer of the body. It is effective in preventing damage from a range of biological and environmental agents during its lifetime including pathogens, UV radiation and pollution. Despite its effectiveness in this task, the skin requires the application of topical agents to enhance and improve its function. One such product are sunscreens, which are required to prevent the effects of excessive UV exposure that can lead to the formation of skin cancer. Although sunscreens have a clear therapeutic function, in Europe they and other skin care products are regulated as cosmetics, meaning they are subject to the animal testing ban (in place since 2013). The problem is there are many examples where scientists have not been able to provide suitable human replacement laboratory tests for the animal experiments. This means that some sunscreens and skin care product development has all but halted in Europe as the safety of these new products cannot be ensured. Keratify is creating new technology to improve laboratory skin testing so that new cosmetics, including sunscreens, can be developed safely.

皮肤是身体的保护外层。它可以有效地防止一系列生物和环境因子在其寿命期间造成的损害，包括病原体，紫外线辐射和污染。尽管它在这项任务中的有效性，皮肤需要应用局部药剂来增强和改善其功能。其中一种产品是防晒霜，它需要防止过度暴露于紫外线的影响，这可能导致皮肤癌的形成。虽然防晒霜具有明显的治疗功能，但在欧洲，防晒霜和其他护肤品被视为化妆品，这意味着它们受到动物试验禁令的限制（自2013年以来）。问题是，有许多例子表明，科学家们无法为动物实验提供合适的人类替代实验室测试。这意味着一些防晒霜和护肤品的开发在欧洲几乎已经停止，因为这些新产品的安全性无法得到保证。Keratify正在开发新技术来改善实验室皮肤测试，以便安全地开发新的化妆品，包括防晒霜。