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AAK ~ Lipex® L’sens™
03/11/2010 –
AAK introduced Lipex® L’sens™ proprietary shea and soy-based ingredient for hydration, shine, non-sticky protective finish for lip care products designed to heal, soothe and moisturize.
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Natural Actives for Hair Care
09/01/2009 –
Ingredients such as green coconut water, soapnut and neem are powerful tools for formulators developing hair care products that tap into consumers’ desire for all-natural, botanical offerings.
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Beauty from Within … Enhancing Natural Beauty with Nutrition
05/28/2009 – The words “you are what you eat” could not be truer. Eating a diet as “clean” and free of toxins as possible protects the body from damage and disease, increases longevity, and keeps us looking and feeling younger. A few simple changes go a long way to improving the skin, and provide added benefits of having more energy and fewer aches and pains, which means less frowning…
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Amino Acids in Skin Care
03/26/2009 – Consider this. You have a great idea for a story you would like to write. You think it through, start to finish. You have a great beginning, a mysterious plot, and a total surprise ending. But when you sit down at the computer, all the letters on the keyboard are missing. No letters means no words; hence, it’s the end of the story before it’s ever written.In the world of biology and,…
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Japanese Patent Recognizes RegeneRx’s Technology
01/14/2009 – BETHESDA, Md.—RegeneRx Biopharmaceuticals Inc. received a notice of patent allowance from the Japanese Patent Office for “Inhibition or Reversal of Skin Aging by Actin-Sequestering Peptides.” The patent covers the use of thymosin beta-4, a synthetic copy of a 43-amino acid, naturally occurring peptide, for improving skin conditions such as elasticity and skin tone….
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Helix Wins Infomercial Award
11/14/2008 – BOTHELL, Wash.—Helix BioMedix announced several new happenings. First, DermaVenture LLC won the Electronic Retailing Association’s ERA Award for the Best U.S. Hispanic Long Form Show (infomercial) of 2008; the spot features the P.A.C. Perfect™ product line, developed by DermaVenture and Helix BioMedix. Also, Helix BioMedix’s licensee, Evonik, a division of Goldschmidt…
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Cytokinins Shown to Improve Skin Moisture
09/15/2008 – NAPA, Calif.– Senetek PLC (OTCBB: SNKTY), a life sciences company engaged in the development of technologies that target the science of healthy aging, launched Pyratine-6™, a new cytokinin technology that works faster than kinetin or any other product on the market in dramatically reducing roughness and redness starting in as little as two weeks, with full results on fine wrinkles, dryness,…
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Helix BioMedix Announces License Agreement with Rodan & Fields, LLC
09/05/2008 – BOTHELL, Wash─ Helix BioMedix Inc., a developer of bioactive peptides, announced September 3 that it has licensed its new patent pending PiP3 technology to Rodan + Fields Dermatologists, a clinical skincare brand by Stanford University-trained dermatologists Katie Rodan, M.D. and Kathy Fields, M.D. According to the terms of the license, Rodan + Fields Dermatologists will develop proprietary…
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Empowering the Skin Matrix
08/26/2008 – Skin health is crucial below the surface, where collagen and elastin join other compounds to keep skin strong, flexible and hydrated. Consumers are welcoming the numerous cosmeceuticals addressing the structures and potential damage to this layer of skin.
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Polymers Support Firm Skin
04/15/2008 – BETHEL, Conn.—High molecular weight polymers, such as proteins and polysaccarides, can be useful as skin stiffening, firming and tightening agents. Five panelists, aged mid-20s to mid-40s, were treated with high molecular weight synthetic polymers in the form simple skin treatment formulations in the inner forearm. (Skin Res Tech. 2008) (DOI:10.1111/j.1600-0846.2008.00296.x) The indentometric…