Scientists have found a new way to restore skin

A research group funded by the Medical Research Council and the Helmut Horten Foundation, in

new work has shown the process by which certain parts of DNA contribute toIn other words, the proteins that bind the DNA were able to enhance the natural process of skin cell division. 

Under normal conditions, one in four cells that emerge from the inner layer of the skin divides.However, in the new work, the team increased this figure by 20-25%.This was due to hard-to-extract molecules that are now used to improve the regeneration of skin, joints and other organs. 

The scientists used a sulfaraphane compound found in broccoli and Brussels sprouts. Sulforaphane activatesbinding transcription factors to specific regions of DNA that control cell division and is one of a number of compounds that canwork this way.

We know that the skin sometimes cannot effectively repair itself, but an endogenous mechanism that we have discovered uses the body's own processes to cause cell division in the skin.

Svetlana Kurinna, MD, who led the study.

One of the identified transcription factors is the master regulator of DNA in skin cells.The ultimate goal of the new work  is to improve the regeneration of functional skin and possibly other organs with a similar endogenous mechanism.

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