Press Release Summary = A New Advance in Tissue Engineering
Press Release Body = Derm123vip is releasing its first skincare product
based on tissue engineering. The tissue engineering discovery was made during work
at Massachusetts General Hospital/ Harvard
Medical School during the mid 1990's. Tissue
engineering is a new field in medicine that is based
on growing new tissue using polymers or using elements
such as growth factors to recruit cell elements to an
area so that new tissue growth can occur. Dr.
Casanova was the first researcher to show that old
cartilage had the potential to regenerate when placed
on a polymer for which he won the prestigious
Northeastern Plastic Surgery Award.
The process of tissue engineering new growth is a
significantly different approach than what is now the
current paradigm for rejuvenation of aging skin. The
current methods involves some sort of abrasion to the
epidermal layer, or damage to the dermis of the skin in order
to stimulate new tissue. The sequela of this process is that
of harsh redness and is quite painful for some patients.
Tissue engineering techniques employ a migration of growth
factors transdermally which penetrates through the
pores. The growth factors then recruit fibroblast to
the area which is the foundation for the production of
new collagen, filling in areas that are losing
collagen supports leading to extensive wrinkling.
This is the first time a skincare product has utilized
the principles of tissue engineering. This new product
is called Derm123 Replenishing Complex.
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