Women warned not to wear perfume during pregnancy

News  |  news.scotsman.com | Aug 31, 2008

Women warned not to wear perfume during pregnancy - PREGNANT women have been advised to avoid using perfumes or scented body creams after research suggested the products can cause unborn boys to suffer infertility or cancer in later life.

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FDA Approves Genzyme’s Epicel

News  |  www.genengnews.com | Oct 29, 2007

FDA Approves Genzyme’s Epicel. Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News - Biotechnology from Bench to Business. The Leading Publication in Biotechnology. Genetic Engineering News is the most widely read bioindustry publication worldwide and has long been acknowledged as the voice of the global

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Consumer Information on: Epicel cultured epidermal autograft (CEA) - H990002

News  |  www.fda.gov | Oct 26, 2007

Product Name: Epicel® cultured epidermal autograft (CEA) Manufacturer: Genzyme Biosurgery Address: 64 Sidney Street, Cambridge Massachusetts 02142 Approval Date:October 25, 2007 Approval Letter: http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/pdf//h990002a.pdf What is it?

http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/mda/docs/H990002.html

Skin-healing pseudoceramides

News  |  www.news-medical.net | Aug 30, 2007

Researchers report in the September 2007 issue of the Journal of Lipid Research that they have made synthetic lipids called pseudoceramides that are involved in skin cell growth and could be used in treating skin diseases in which skin cells grow abnormally. Researchers report in the September 2007

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Bioengineered Skin Substitutes Set to Approach $500 Million by the End of the Decade

Press Release  |  www.pharmiweb.com | Jul 10, 2007

News and press releases from the pharmaceutical industry. Comprehensive news coverage for the pharmaceutical sector from PharmiWeb.com

http://www.pharmiweb.com/pressreleases/pressrel.asp?ROW_ID=2466

Johns Hopkins Medicine Health Information Library

Psoriasis is a chronic disorder that produces skin scaling and inflammation. Scientists currently believe that psoriasis develops when T cells (part of the immune system's defense against infection) accumulate in the skin rather than performing their normal protective function.

http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health_information_library/?ArticleID=19685

Medical Newswire - Healthcare, Biotechnology News Release Service

Next year's coding manual adds 37 new skin graft codes and deletes four. It also renames the skin grafts section "Skin Replacement Surgery And Skin Substitutes." (See PBI, Vol. 6, No. 38.)

http://medicalnewswire.com/artman/publish/article_7171.shtml

Irish Medical Times | News | Shrinking frog may help diabetes

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The researchers have tested a synthetic version of the peptide and found it creates the same effect. Scientists involved say the treatment could be part of a new class of drugs called incretin mimetics.

http://www.imt.ie/news/2008/03/shrinking_frog_may_help_diabet.html

Discovery on manipulating skin tone and color

News  |  www.news-medical.net | Aug 26, 2007

In the timeless quest for healthier, younger looking skin, scientists from the University of Cincinnati and Tokyo Medical University have made an important discovery toward manipulating skin tone and color. In the timeless quest for healthier, younger looking skin, scientists from the University of

http://www.news-medical.net/?id=29061

Johns Hopkins Medicine Health Information Library

When the skin is exposed to sunlight, suntan parlor bulbs, or sometimes even to overhead fluorescent light, a number of abnormal reactions, all categorized under "photosensitivity," may occur. A common type of photosensitivity involves a medication taken by mouth that causes rapid sunburning.

http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health_information_library/?ArticleID=19654