Skin Biology Inc. announces presentation of findings.BELLEVUE, Wash.--(BW HealthWire)--March 6, 1997--SBI SKIN BIOLOGY (Skin Biology) (Vancouver Stock Exchange Vancouver Stock Exchange (VSE) A securities and options exchange in Vancouver, British Columbia, (Canada), specializing in venture capital companies. Vancouver Stock Exchange See Canadian Venture Exchange (CDNX). :SBI SBI Special Background Investigation SBI Subsidiary Body for Implementation SBI State Bank of India SBI Secure Border Initiative SBI Small Business Institute SBI Stockholm Brain Institute SBI Serious Bacterial Infection SBI Society of Breast Imaging ) reported that the results of a clinical study by Drs. Hongbo Zhai and Howard Maibach (University of California, San Francisco ) on the effectiveness of its skin healing products were presented at the Hawaii Dermatology Seminar on February 21, 1997. In this study, the skin of volunteers was damaged by the application of a fat solvent, acetone, to the skin. The affected skin was treated daily with either a Skin Biology repair cream or a placebo-cream for 5 days and skin repair was monitored by computerized measurement of trans-epidermal water loss. This placebo-controlled double-blinded study gave statistically significant positive results as Skin Biology's BioHeal (r) cream markedly accelerated the rate of skin repair. Two more successful placebo-controlled clinical studies on Skin Biology's BioHeal (r) cream on skin repair after detergent irritation and after exposure to nickel in sensitized sensitized /sen·si·tized/ (sen´si-tizd) rendered sensitive. sensitized rendered sensitive. sensitized cells see sensitization (2). persons have been completed. Results of a study on detergent irritation will be presented at the 58th Meeting of the Society for Investigative Dermatology in Washington, D.C. (April 23-27, 1997) and the results of the study of nickel allergy will be presented at a future meeting. SBI SKIN BIOLOGY develops dermatological products for skin repair that are targeted for use on various types of severe dermatitis, skin irritations, and ulcerative ulcerative /ul·cer·a·tive/ (ul´se-ra?tiv) (ul´ser-ah-tiv) pertaining to or characterized by ulceration. ulcerative pertaining to or characterized by ulceration. dermatitis in the elderly and hospitalized that leads to skin ulcers and bedsores Bedsores Definition Bedsores are also called decubitus ulcers, pressure ulcers, or pressure sores. These tender or inflamed patches develop when skin covering a weight-bearing part of the body is squeezed between bone and another body part, or a bed, . The goal is to develop efficacious non-drug skin repair agents that will replace marginally effective skin barrier creams. Also, Skin Biology's repair creams may reduce the use of corticosteroids Corticosteroids Definition Corticosteroids are group of natural and synthetic analogues of the hormones secreted by the hypothalamic-anterior pituitary-adrenocortical (HPA) axis, more commonly referred to as the pituitary gland. for skin dermatitis. Corticosteroids often produce damaged and thinned skin, and their systemic use can promote diabetic conditions and the spread of cancers. CONTACT: For the Board of Directors Loren Pickart, Ph.D., President http:www.skinbiology.com Tel: 206/644-0160 Toll Free: 800/405-1912 Fax: 206/644-2057 |
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