SCIENTISTS DEVELOPING STEM CELL TECHNOLOGY TOWARDS COSMETICS REGULATION

BY PHILIPPA JONES, in Paris STEM cells leapt to the attention of the cosmetics world earlier this year when US-based Voss Laboratories used Russian biotechnology to launch Amatokin, a 'miracle'anti-wrinkle skin cream that uses stem cell technology. LVMH Recherche, the research arm of Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy, the luxury perfume and cosmetics group, believes stem cells are central to creating ever-more effective cosmetics. In September, the group gathered a host of experts in Paris to explain how new scientific discoveries may hold the key to the future of ...


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