SKIN HYDRATION IS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED BY A CREAM FORMULATED TO MIMIC THE SKIN’S OWN NATURAL MOISTURIZING SYSTEMS

Skin hydration is significantly increased by a cream formulated to mimic the skin’s own natural moisturizing systems

Fabrizio Spada, Tanya M Barnes, Kerryn A Greive Research and Development, Ego Pharmaceuticals Pty Ltd, Braeside, VIC, Australia Background: Moisturizers are topical products designed to improve and maintain the skin barrier function and to help prevent dry skin.Materials and methods: A new moisturizer (Ceramide cream) was formulated containing ingr

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Rare sponges from marine caves: discovery of Neophrissospongia nana nov. sp. (Demospongiae, Corallistidae) from Sardinia with an annotated checklist of Mediterranean lithistids

A new record of lithistid demosponges is reported from a western Sardinian karstic cave.The new specimen matches the trait of the genus Neophrissospongia (Corallistidae) for an ectosomal skeleton of radial dichotriaenes, a choanosomal skeleton as a network of dicranoclone desmas, and streptaster/amphiaster microscleres with short spiny rays bearing

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Neuromodulation Effect According to Lesion Location After Dual-Mode Brain Stimulation in Patients with Subacute Stroke: A Preliminary Study

Dual-mode non-invasive brain stimulation using repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation and transcranial direct current stimulation is known to help neurorehabilitation in patients with stroke.However, this neuromodulation effect may vary depending on the lesion location of patients with stroke, and the basis in lesion location for this is insu

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