Sentences with phrase «testing on human skin»

Not exact matches

In 2000, Medarex began its first phase of human testing on its new «CTLA -4-blockade» — in patients who had either prostate cancer or metastatic melanoma, a deadly form of skin cancer.

New experimental models based on three - dimensional reconstructions of human skin are helping to reduce chemical testing on live animals, but can not yet replace animals altogether

The team tested if bacteria normally found on human skin, including Staphylococcus hominis and Staphylococcus epidermis, defend against Staphylococcus aureus — a pathogenic bacteria that aggravates skin conditions like atopic dermatitis.

Besides its potential application in human patients, the newly developed skin tissue also could be used as an alternative to testing cosmetics on animals, the researchers said.

While testing the effect of many normal, non-cancerous, human cells on the sensitivity of cancer cells to chemotherapy, they found a specific sample of normal human skin cells that rendered pancreatic cancer cells resistant to gemcitabine.

Although no tests have yet been done on real wounds, experiments on cultured human skin cells have been encouraging, he says.

The test procedure is performed on an in vitro skin model built at Fraunhofer IGB from human skin cells in special culture dishes.

The team tested its patch on both pig skin (which is an excellent model for the human skin barrier) and on healthy human volunteers and found that it could accurately monitor glucose levels across the hypo - to hyper - glycaemic range in diabetic patients over six hours.

In both the pure water and lake ice, these tests turned up DNA snippets from a common bacterium found on human skin that causes acne.

In this study the team tested the patch on both pig skin, where they showed it could accurately track glucose levels across the range seen in diabetic human patients, and on healthy human volunteers, where again the patch was able to track blood sugar variations throughout the day.

In tests on animals and human cells, the studies» authors found that malic acid may help increase collagen production and reverse sun - induced signs of skin aging.

Witch hazel was also tested on guinea pig skin and found to have a large suppressive activity on peroxidation, which is excellent news, because peroxidation of the oil (sebum) on human skin is a major cause of acne.

Our products are tested on a panel of human volunteers who have sensitive and allergy - prone skin.

Scientists tested cold pressed tamanu oil on human skin cell samples, analysing wound healing factors including collagen synthesis, glycosaminoglycans, and wound closure.

(Most companies make probiotic claims based on individual ingredients tested in a lab — they're not actually testing final formulations on human skin as Aveeno did.)

Unlike the sonic collar that is untestable because it's undetectable to the human ear, you can test the shock collar against your own skin before using it on your pup.