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Dermatology

Epistem draws on its considerable expertise in the epithelial biology field to provide a range of specialist skin research services for healthcare, cosmetic and pharmaceutical product development.

Epistem also specialises in analysing (IHC, ELISA and gene expression) a range of skin markers (involucrin, filaggrin etc.) on skin biopsies from 'claim support' human trials.

Epistem has access to a variety of human skin types and offers expertise and services in the following areas:

  • Human skin equivalent
  • UV photo damage assay
  • Skin stem cell assay
  • Monolayer primary cultures
  • Skin toxicity
  • Angiogenesis model
  • Skin graft rejection model
  • Psoriasis model (in development) 
  • Skin toxicity
  • In vitro wound healing assays
  • Rate of healing models
  • Anti-scarring models
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