A natural product found in both coconut oil and human breast milk known as, lauric acid, is seen as a new acne treatment with the help of a bioengineering graduate student for the UC of San Diego. The student was capable of delivering "lauric acid-filled nano-scale bombs" directly to skin swelling bacteria, that causes the common acne. In fact, this student, Diassaya "Nu" Pornpattananangkul will present he work on this acne drug-delivery system at Research Expo. Common acne effects more than 85 percent of teenagers, and current treatments have undesirable side effects that include redness and burning. Lauric-acid-based treatments could avoid these side effects researchers say. Interestingly enough, her research involves a natural product produced by coconuts.
http://www.biologynews.net/archives/2010/04/15/treat_acne_with_coconut_oil_and_nanobombs.html
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