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Aug 11, 2010 | 10:31 AM CDT

Patent Picks—Imaging Skin, Simulating Eyelashes, Assaying Immune Response and More

By: Rachel Grabenhofer

This edition of "Patent Picks" features recently issued patents relevant to advances in testing for cosmetics R&D.

Jun 25, 2010 | 09:56 AM CDT

TRI/Princeton Offers Hair Benchmarking Study to Share Testing Costs

This benchmarking study allows manufacturers to test hair products for conditioning, anti-breakage strengthening, and anti-static flyaway reduction with shared controls and labor to reduce costs by up to 57%. The company is accepting participants until Aug. 15, 2010.

Jun 08, 2010 | 01:03 PM CDT

CeeTox Expands In Vitro Capabilities with Acquisition

CeeTox has acquired assets of ADMETRx Inc. that allow it to expand its range of in vitro service offerings. Specifically, the acquired assets allow CeeTox to increase its existing Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, Excretion (ADME) capabilities.

Jun 02, 2010 | 09:11 AM CDT

Researchers Advance Animal-alternate Test for Skin Sensitization

Researchers at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and Portland State University have developed an animal-alternative test method to assess the potential for chemicals in consumer products to cause skin allergies.

May 10, 2010 | 12:20 PM CDT

EU Regulation Update: Tackling the Animal Testing Ban

By: Annelie Struessman, PhD, CONUSBAT

The European Federation for Cosmetic Ingredients (EFfCI) has developed an approach for its members to address animal testing bans imposed by the 7th Amendment to the EU Cosmetics Directive.

Mar 30, 2010 | 01:39 PM CDT

Predicting the Percutaneous Penetration of Cosmetic Ingredients

By: Sara Farahmand, PhD, University of Cincinnati …

While previous algorithms for predicting the skin absorption of permeants was based on in vitro data, the present article proposes a quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) model based on in vivo human data. Here, a set of human in vivo data is described that provides entry into predicting the penetration of cosmetic ingredients.

Mar 16, 2010 | 05:21 PM CDT

Is Cosmetic Science Really "Bad"? Part IV: How Scientific is Cosmetic Science?

By: Johann W. Wiechers, PhD, JW Solutions

Six questions from Michael Shermer’s Baloney Detection Kit have been discussed in this series. The results were not flattering for cosmetic science (read: cosmetic scientists) but cosmetic science did not score badly on all points. Questions seven and eight, described here, discriminate true science from borderland science and non-science or nonsense.