PROTEIN RESEARCH COULD SPUR ADVANCES IN SKIN CARE PRODUCTS
November 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN scientists have identified proteins - called lamins - that play a key role in the maintenance and regeneration of skin and muscle. Their research, under the Euro 2.5 million EURO-Laminopathies project, found that mutations in lamins are to blame to various skin and muscle problems, such as premature ageing. The Austrian scientist-led study found that mutations in lamins LMNA or LAP2 "may impair early progenitor cells in tissue regeneration", said a European Commission briefing note. Professor Roland Foisner of the Medical ...
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