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Cellulose hydrogel is natural and non-toxic substance that could be ideal for store dermcidin in. By changing content and amounts of water and CMC it was possible to have different viscosities and feelings of hydrogel. By testing different kind of compositions we ended up using one with.. | Cellulose hydrogel is natural and non-toxic substance that could be ideal for store dermcidin in. By changing content and amounts of water and CMC it was possible to have different viscosities and feelings of hydrogel. By testing different kind of compositions we ended up using one with.. | ||
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+ | We wanted to make our product application as simple and user friendly as possible. Instead of making purifying mask that user should wear 10 to 20 minutes we decided to make easy exfoliating gel. User only needs add it on skin, rub it gently on the skin and rinse away. | ||
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Revision as of 10:18, 22 October 2017
The Concept
We wanted to create a concept that gathers together the whole project we have been working with. The purpose of the concept is to have a way to communicate with people about possibilities of synthetic biology. Skin care and acne turned out to be really good way to do that, because it is part of almost everyone’s daily life in a way or another and with it it was easy to build a bridge between science and people. The concept itself is simple and easy to understand. Our aim was to create purifying skin care product for people suffering from acne. Our primary of importance was to create non-toxic and safe product that doesn’t cause any environmental impacts, is easy to produce and simple to use.
Porifi - Purify your pores from acne bacteria
Our application for antimicrobial dermcidin is exfoliating skin care product made out of cellulose hydrogel. Important part of taking care of acne is to remove and exfoliate dead skin gently and purify the skin. Cellulose hydrogel is natural and non-toxic substance that could be ideal for store dermcidin in. By changing content and amounts of water and CMC it was possible to have different viscosities and feelings of hydrogel. By testing different kind of compositions we ended up using one with..
![](https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2017/2/26/T--Aalto-Helsinki--peachstones.jpeg)
Peach stones
![](https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2017/7/72/T--Aalto-Helsinki--makinghydrogel.jpeg)
Picture on left: Michal and Maisa making hydrogel
Picture on right: Hydrogel sample ready for density measurement
![](https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2017/b/b7/T--Aalto-Helsinki--hydrogelsample.png)
hydrogel sample
For exfoliating beads ideal material would be cellulose that dissolves in water as time passes but not too fast when product is stored and still under use. Dermcidin could also be bonded with cellulose based bead. In our product trial we used grinded peach stones.
Smooth as a peach - The product
From the survey and meetings with professionals and people suffering with acne we got valuable information what kind of products people in general are willing to use and what kind of effect they are looking for form the product. We wanted to make our product application as simple and user friendly as possible. Instead of making purifying mask that user should wear 10 to 20 minutes we decided to make easy exfoliating gel. User only needs add it on skin, rub it gently on the skin and rinse away.
![](https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2017/1/14/T--Aalto-Helsinki--grindingmachine.jpeg)
Picture on left: Filters for grinding machine
Picture on right: Andreas Lindberg helping us with the grinding machine
![](https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2017/f/f4/T--Aalto-Helsinki--horizontal.png)
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