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This study by scientists at AGI Dermatics demonstrated that MatTek’s EpiDermFT full-thickness in vitro human skin tissue equivalent can be used as a model for DNA repair in human skin and to investigate the effects of topical application of liposome-encapsulated... Read More

Timely and efficient epidermal wound healing is necessary for normal skin barrier function.  Cutaneous wound healing involves interactions between dermal fibroblasts and epidermal keratinocytes as well as cell-extracellular matrix interactions (1-4).  The current study describes wound healing experiments conducted in... Read More

This study by scientists at Chondrex, Inc. and the Albert Einstein School of Medicine demonstrated that MatTek’s EpiDermFT full-thickness in vitro human skin tissue equivalent can be used to assess the ability of formulations to affect the release of procollagenase,... Read More

Solar ultraviolet (UV) radiation is known to have deleterious effects on human skin.  UVB (280-320 nm) and UVA (320-400 nm) segments of solar radiation have been shown to affect keratinocytes, the major cellular constituent of the epidermis, by causing direct... Read More

This study by scientists at Florida A&M University College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences and MatTek Corp. demonstrated that MatTek’s EpiDermFT full-thickness in vitro human skin tissue equivalent is an excellent in vitro model for studying the human skin wound... Read More