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30-Nov-2007 | Sunlight is good for you

Sunlight is good for you. Or why it is not all bad. By Gavin Greenoak, Managing and Scientifi..

30-Nov-2007 | UVA – What is going on?

UVA – What is going on? Preface Revisiting the Broad Spectrum evaluation of sunscreens h..

Objective

To work step by careful step towards establishing an in vitro method for evaluating sunscreen performance

Alternatives:

Transpore tape

Ground quartz glass

Vitro-Skin

Vitro-Skin

Of these substrates only Vitro-Skin has a surface topography like human skin.

Vitro-Skin requires hydration and is expensive. It requires carefully standardised conditions and does yield reliable results.

MimSkin® v.1.0


Only addresses the evaluation of UVA

Multiple use (> 2000 tests per unit [to date])

No need to regrind, easily cleaned

SPF results indicative only

V.2.0 (in progress) will address SPF

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