Human skin models, from simple educational aids to advanced 3D bioengineered tissues, are used for cosmetic and pharmaceutical testing, reducing animal use by assessing product safety (irritation, toxicity) and efficacy (drug penetration, wound healing), modeling skin diseases (like cancers or genetic disorders), studying infections, and developing new medical devices, offering accurate insights into human skin biology and pathology for both academic and regulatory purposes.
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Human skin models, from simple educational aids to advanced 3D bioengineered tissues, are used for cosmetic and pharmaceutical testing, reducing animal use by assessing product safety (irritation, toxicity) and efficacy (drug penetration, wound healing), modeling skin diseases (like cancers or genetic disorders), studying infections, and developing new medical devices, offering accurate insights into human skin biology and pathology for both academic and regulatory purposes.
