Abstract Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are molecules involved in the defense mechanisms of a broad range of organisms that are evolutionarily conserved. Produced in bacteria, insects, plants, and vertebrate animals, AMPs protect against a wide range of infectious agents. Those peptides guard against microbes, viruses, fungi, and other parasites in mammals. Novel biological effects of AMPs such as endotoxin neutralization, chemotactic and immunomodulating processes, angiogenesis activation, and wound healing have recently been reported.Such ancestral molecules are therefore essential elements of the...
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Genetic variation refers to the differences in the genes that define the physical characteristics of an individual and often may occur due to several factors such as when there are mixed racial marriages, as well as random fertilization taking place between people. It may also occur due to chemical changes in the body of parents which is seen in the children; hence, resulting in unique features such as variations in the skin color of individuals in society (United Nations, n.d.)....
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The world is continuously changing at fast pace. As our body is adapting to this rapidly changing life style our skin is still under the greatest assault from pollution and toxins from the environment. It has not yet adapted to neutralize the effects of pollution on its own; a proper skin care regime has to be followed to combat the effects of pollution on skin. If you think pollution does nothing to your skin then you are completely wrong, you...
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Introduction Skin aging is becoming a serious issue in this current society of strict beauty standards . It is stated that by 2010, the anti aging market was expected to account for $16.5 billion in sales(Choi and Berson, 2006). Sun-exposed areas of the skin, such as the face, neck, chest and hands are the places most prone to skin aging. The clinical signs of photoaging include dryness, irregular pigmentation, sallowness ,deep furrows or severe premalignant lesions and a leathery appearance...
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Introduction This report will be discussing eczema in children, specifically causes and treatment of eczema. According to James McIntosh (2017) eczema is defined as a condition where the skin becomes inflamed, flaky and red causing the child to be itchy and can sometimes result in bleeding. The main aim of this report is to determine whether eczema can affect a child’s life in terms of sleeping patterns, sleep quality and sleep deprivation, and the effects these will have on the...
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If you’ve ever been to the beach, played an outside sport, or taken a walk on a hot day, chances are that you’ve used sunscreen. Sunscreen is an integral component of safe outdoor recreation as shields our skin from the sun’s harmful ultraviolet (UV) rays. UV rays are a type of high-frequency electromagnetic radiation that can damage living tissue. UVB and UVA rays are the two types of ultraviolet rays that seep through the ozone layer and reach the earth....
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