Wrinkled membranes create novel drug-delivery system
A University of Illinois scientist studying how membranes wrinkle has discovered a novel system for on-demand drug delivery. Sahraoui Chaieb, a professor of mechanical and industrial engineering, has created temperature-sensitive capsules that can release drugs on demand. The capsules, which can range in size from 10 to 100 microns, can be tuned to deliver drugs at different rates. Chaieb...Taking the wrinkles out of motoneuronal disease
A winner of UniQuest's 2006 Trailblazer innovation competition, Dr Frederic Meunier, is developing a treatment for motoneuronal diseases based on modifying botox –the popular anti-wrinkle treatment. Motoneuronal diseases cause a degeneration of the nerve pathways controlling muscle activity. The diseases are severe and physically debilitating disorders which lead toprogressive weakness an...Nanotechnology shows promise as next wrinkle fighter
The next big idea in preventing wrinkles is very, very small. The cosmetic arsenal to fight human w...Applied scientists create wrinkled 'skin' on polymers
Applied scientists demonstrated a new method for developing wrinkled hard skins on the surface areas of polymers using a focused ion beam. By controlling the direction and intensity of the ion beam, the researchers literally sculpted patterns on flat areas of polydimethylsiloxane, a silicon-based organic polymer (more commonly known as the primary ingredient in Silly Putty). The technique has pot...Anti-wrinkle compound causes pathological reaction in skin cells
Researchers from Université Laval’s Faculty of Medicine have discovered that a compound commonly used in many antiwrinkle products causes a pathological reaction in skin cells. Guillaume Morissette, Lucie Germain, and François Marceau present their conclusions about the mode of action of this substance—called DMAE—in the latest edition of the British Journal of Dermatology. DMAE (2-dimethy...Wrinkle reduction cream has offered insights into working of nervous system
Botox is a wrinkle control cream and a potent neurotoxin, used by Hollywood stars to smooth out facial wrinkles. The product is derived form a bacteria, Clostridium botulinum, that causes food poisoning.// It is really surprising to note that this form of neurotoxin is playing an important role in helping understand communication between nerve cells. The research is exploring basic ner...Fruits & Vegetables Makes You Look Younger With Fewer Wrinkles
Adding more fruits and vegetables in your diet helps you to have fewer wrinkles thereby making you look younger, according to a new study. // People with a normal diet can make their skin look younger by including lots of tomatoes and red paprika in their meals, German magazine The Dermatologist said in its latest issue. Free radicals - unstable oxygen molecules - are a ma...Study States Smokers With Wrinkled Faces More Easily Prone To COPD
A new study suggests that middle-aged smokers with heavily wrinkled faces have a five times higher risk of lung disease than their un-wrinkled peers//. The study explains that having wrinkles was associated with a group of conditions known as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). A team of researchers from the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital on 149 people conducted the study,...