QUEENSLAND RESEARCH LAYS FOUNDATION FOR ‘SUPER SUNSCREENS’ DEVELOPMENT
October 1st, 2013
RESULTS from a study by researchers at the Queensland University of Technology’s AusSun research lab in Australia may help develop ‘super sunscreens’ to repair sun-damaged skin. The study, funded by advocacy organisation Cancer Council Queensland, exposed 57 participants to mild ultra-violet spot burning. Researchers took biopsies before and after the UV exposure and with and without sunscreen application. The researchers found that there was no DNA damage nor damage to the p53 gene crucial to skin regeneration in the areas covered by sunscreen.According to ...
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