An advanced Skin Care Test Platform for UV Chemical Filters

皮肤是身体的外层保护层。它可以有效地防止在其生命周期内受到一系列生物和环境因素的损害，包括病原体、紫外线辐射和污染。尽管它在这项任务中很有效，但皮肤需要应用外用制剂来增强和改善其功能。一种这样的产品是防晒霜，它是防止过度紫外线暴露可能导致皮肤癌形成的影响所必需的。尽管防晒霜具有明确的治疗功能，但在欧洲，防晒霜和其他护肤品被监管为化妆品，这意味着它们受到动物试验禁令的约束(自2013年开始实施)。问题是，有许多例子表明，科学家无法为动物实验提供合适的人体替代实验室测试。这意味着一些防晒霜和护肤品的开发在欧洲几乎停滞不前，因为这些新产品的安全性无法得到保证。Keratify正在创造新技术来改进实验室皮肤测试，以便能够安全地开发包括防晒霜在内的新化妆品。

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.