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Metaperspirant is a simple starch-based hydrogel that acts in several ways to prevent odor. Per Oobleq, one is by forming a film and adhering to odor-causing bacteria to prevent them from cleaving the precursors found in apocrine sweat.
The Universities of Princeton and Utah, L'Oréal, Unilever, Kolmar Korea, Athena, Shiseido, Murata Manufacturing, LG Household & Health and Beiersdorf, among others, have recently published patents related to sunscreen innovation. Following is a roundup.
Research published in Advanced Functional Materials describes an artificial spider silk protein (spidroin) woven into a textile with biochemical sensing abilities, air permeability and motion monitoring that aids in wound healing.
A recent patent application from the Estée Lauder Cos. describes a mattifying film composition for skin or hair that can be easily removed using water above a certain temperature but not below it.
Olumiant is a Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor, which blocks the activity of one or more of a specific family of enzymes, interfering with the pathway that leads to inflammation to thereby treat patients with alopecia areata.