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Patent Inventor Names
Tsutomu Fujimura0
Akira Hachiya0
Date of Patent
January 5, 2010
Patent Application Number
11311239
Date Filed
December 20, 2005
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Patent abstract
The invention provides a human photoaged skin model and an animal model which are useful for evaluating cosmetics and similar products in terms of their anti-aging or rejuvenating effect, as well as a method for producing such a skin model and such an animal model. The method of producing the human photoaged skin model is characterized in that a transplanted skin area of an immunodeficient non-human animal which has undergone transplantation of human skin is irradiated with UV-B light of 80-100 mJ/cm2 for consecutive 4 to 8 weeks, and the irradiated area is left to take its own course for at least 3 weeks. A human photoaged skin model and an animal model produced through this method are also disclosed.
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