KRNV : reported that Adding friendly bacteria to skin lotion wards off bad germs

Healthy skin harbors a different mix of bacteria than skin damaged by disorders such as atopic dermatitis, the most common form of eczema. Bacteria live on everyone's skin, and new research shows some friendly germs produce natural antibiotics that ward off their disease-causing cousins. But those good bugs are rare in the skin of people with atopic dermatitis, Gallo said. Researchers culled some of the rare protective bacteria from the volunteers' skin, grew a larger supply and mixed a dose into an over-the-counter moisturizer. Now scientists are mixing the good bugs into lotions in hopes of spreading protection.

Scientists found a way to make lotions out of your skin's good bacteria to help fight its bad bacteria — Quartz

In this initial trial, researchers were only studying if these personalized antibiotic lotions could kill off staph. For their work, researchers tested personalized lotions on five patients with eczema. The researchers swabbed their individual skin microbiomes and came up with specialized antimicrobial lotions for each patient. Eczema is skin condition characterized by a dry, shiny red rash that roughly 20% of the population has at least once in their lives. Our largest organ—our skin—is crawling with bacteria, as well as fungi, viruses, and even tiny mites.

Adding friendly bacteria to skin lotion wards off bad germs

WASHINGTON (AP) - Bacteria live on everyone's skin, and new research shows some friendly germs produce natural antibiotics that ward off their disease-causing cousins. But those good bugs are rare in the skin of people with atopic dermatitis, Gallo said. Researchers culled some of the rare protective bacteria from the volunteers' skin, grew a larger supply and mixed a dose into an over-the-counter moisturizer. Now scientists are mixing the good bugs into lotions in hopes of spreading protection. "They're normal skin bacteria, so we knew they would be safe," Gallo noted.



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