In the era of Global Health, people are paying unprecedented attention to personal health status. Skin, as the most exterior health indicator, attracts public consideration on its health management.
The skin care industry has consequently thrived. Skincare products with anti-aging, anti-oxidation, anti-wrinkle, or other efficacy are blooming.
We are amazed by a skincare regular Vitamin A, a potent ingredient with comprehensive skincare effects. It has been widely adopted by numerous brands.
While under the lingering pandemic, China persists in its Dynamic Zero-COVID Policy. Citizens voluntarily wear masks to maintain a COVID-free environment.
However, wearing masks for a long time may induce redness, itch, acne, etc., especially for people with sensitive skin.
Fortunately, back in history the retinoic acid of Vitamin A was born as an acne killer. It is also the only anti-aging medicine approved by FDA. What a coincidence! Vitamin A can help ease both photoaging issues and skin irritation at one time.
So,
we aimed our project topic at the magical
Vitamin A.
Office workers and students are under heavy and inevitable pressure, thus fail to manage their skin status on a regular basis. While the healthy look of skin could help to enhance self-confidence, this contradiction here spurs intense compensatory needs for skin care
However, we find prices of Vitamin A skincare products are vexing, which makes consumers less accessible to the promising ingredient.
Besides, we still witnessed some discrimination against various skincare product users. Equality in skincare experience among diverse groups of people is what we advocate and pursue along the way.
And for the majority of the time, customers are not scientifically familiar with the ingredients. Exaggerated promotions hinders customers' correct understanding of skincare components.
We realize that it is time to diminish those toxic stereotypes and distorted perceptions.
With synthetic biology participating in the chemical industry evolution, we shall embrace a world with less carbon footprint and more sustainability
To conclude, manufacturing Vitamin A skincare products backed up by synthetic biology is a promising industry.
Our project "Rester" builds a Vitamin A cell factory prototype for the future bioproduction of retinol, which underlies the production of other Vitamin A forms with better stability and less hazard.