Dr. Ellen Marmur: "Cracking the Code Behind Aging Skin"
As the Former Vice Chair of Cosmetic and Dermatological Surgery at The Mount Sinai Medical Center, Ellen Marmur, MD, recently established a next generation anti-aging lab with the hospital's Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences.
Dr. Ellen Marmur is studying how your favorite moisturizer might influence everything from aging to sun-damaged skin on a genetic level."This is the new frontier," said Marmur of harnessing novel gene-sequencing technology to track how topical serums and face creams can induce changes in collagen and elastin production, inflammation, immune protein response, and even pigmentation within the skin. Learn more