Scientists have developed a sunburn that prevents skin cancer
'13.06.2017'
Source: with the BBC
American biologists have created a unique drug that imitates a real sun tanbut no harm to skin from ultraviolet radiation. Thus, according to scientists from Massachusetts General HospitalThis remedy can prevent skin cancer.
The drug has been successfully tested on skin samples and mice. As a result, the product works even on red-haired people, who usually burn in the sun.
Scientists hope that their discovery can not only prevent skin cancer, but also slow down the aging process.
As stated by Dr. David Fisher, one of the researchers, the drug has a strong darkening effect on the skin.
Scientists do not seek to create a cosmetic product. Their goal is a new strategy to protect the skin from ultraviolet radiation and cancer.
As stated in the reports Cell reports, tests showed that the melanin produced by the drug was able to block harmful ultraviolet rays. Ultimately, scientists want to combine their product with sunscreen to provide maximum protection from solar radiation.
The drug is not yet ready for commercial use. Researchers want to do additional security tests, although so far no problems have been identified.
So far, the tool has the name SIK-inhibitor. Scientists believe that it can become the basis for future skin protection products from melanoma and other types of cancer, which will allow even red women and men, blondes and blondes to sunbathe on the beaches for a long time and not be afraid to burn.
Recall that prolonged exposure to the sun is the main cause of skin cancer. This is due to the fact that ultraviolet radiation directly destroys DNA, or interacts with molecules in the cells of our skin and turns some of them into carcinogens.
The main “protector” of a person from the unpleasant effects of sunburn is the pigment melanin, which absorbs ultraviolet light without harming the rest of the cell. Scientists today are not entirely sure whether melanin always protects our skin from cancer. There is evidence that its yellow variety, pheomelanin, present in the skin cells of red and fair-haired people, contributes to the development of melanoma, and the synthesis of melanin in skin cells when exposed to sunlight is accompanied by the release of aggressive molecules that can damage DNA.
