Archive for April, 2008

Sunscreen – Not Enough Protection

Sun lovers should be careful and still follow recommendations of avoiding exposure to the sun’s harmful rays between 10am to 4pm for sunscreens have been found to be very inefficient and can even cause more harm than protecting one’s skin. Most people think they can stay all they want under the sun for they have [...]

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Cotton Bacterial Barriers (Part 2)

Cotton has long been used as a fabric of choice for wound dressings, gauze pads and other medical applications due to its high absorbency. Treated with chitosan, the fabric encourages healing of wounds. Another product that they have come up with is a cotton fabric that has been treated with negatively charged phosphoric acid that [...]

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Cotton Bacterial Barriers (Part 1)

The Agricultural Research Services has come up with a form of cotton fabric that is treated with an anti-bacterial chemical, chitosan which is found in the shells of shrimp. The said fabric is being designed to allow it to be made into bed sheets, military uniforms and many other applications which prevents bed sores and [...]

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MiroRNA Creates Barrier to Protect Skin (Part 2)

The research has the scientists excited for they may be onto something that would allow a better understanding of how the said MicroRNA affects the skin’s ability to fend of growth such as in the case of skin cancer. MicroRNA’s which have been found in mammals way back in 2001, have been found to have [...]

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MiroRNA Creates Barrier to Protect Skin (Part 1)

Breaking research has shown that MicroRNA, a smaller form of RNA is vital to the formation of the skin’s protective barrier. In the research conducted at Rockefeller University, two scientists have noted than MicroRNA-203’s presence in a developing embryo creates a seemingly protective barrier by suppressing the activity of a molecule identified as p63. The [...]

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Economics and Cancer Research

There are billions of dollars being spent on the various types of skin cancers out in the world that kills millions every year. This is a common case of economics and the need to earn money where pharmaceutical firms pour money into research that would be most profitable for their business. Many sufferers are crying [...]

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Rare form of Skin Cancer on the Rise

Study into the treatment and cause of a very rare type of skin cancer called Merkel Cell Carcinoma is not going as fast as it should and many are dying due to this. This form of skin cancer is very hard to diagnose, leaving even well seasoned dermatologists to let it go as a simple [...]

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Treatment options

If skin melanomas are detected early, they can indeed be successfully treated and even removed surgically to prevent their spread to the rest of the body. Current treatment techniques involve imiquimod creams, photodynamic therapy, laser surgery and immune response modulators. Most of these skin maladies if detected early can be removed surgically preventing them from [...]

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