Mid Rivers Newsmagazine 7-5-17

22 I HEALTH I
July 5, 2017
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MATURE FOCUS, from page 21
New [old] anti-aging miracle?
A common, inexpensive chemical that
has long served a number of medical, scientific
and even animal purposes could
soon become a key ingredient in anti-aging
skin products. Methylene blue, first used
as a treatment for malaria in the 1800s, is
used today as a staining agent in biology
and chemistry, as well as a treatment for
urinary tract infections, septic shock and
many other medical purposes. Among
fish tank hobbyists, it’s also used to prevent
diseases and treat fungal infections in
tropical fish.
Now, the antioxidant has been shown to
prevent and even reverse skin aging. University
of Maryland researchers recently
tested methylene blue in cultured human
skin cells and simulated skin tissue with
impressive results.
The researchers tested methylene blue
for four weeks in skin cells from healthy
middle-aged donors, along with people
diagnosed with progeria, a genetic disease
that greatly accelerates the aging process.
They found that methylene blue improved
several age-related symptoms in the cells
from both groups. Senior author Kan Cao
and her colleagues also tested methylene
blue in skin fibroblast cells – cells that produce
the structural protein collagen – taken
Research has discovered anti-aging skin
benefits of a commonly used chemical called
methylene blue.
from donors over the age of 80, which also
showed a wide range of improvements.
Finally, they used simulated human skin, a
three-dimensional model they created from
living skin cells, which includes all the
major layers and structures of skin tissue.
“This system allowed us to test a range
of aging symptoms that we can’t replicate
in cultured cells alone,” Cao said. “The
effects we are seeing are not temporary.
Methylene blue appears to make fundamental,
long-term changes to skin cells.
Most surprisingly, we saw that model skin
treated with methylene blue retained more
water and increased in thickness – both of
which are features typical of younger skin.”
The researchers also used the model skin
to test the safety of cosmetic creams with
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