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ELC Collaborates with MIT To Research Biotech Innovation in Cosmetics

The entities will probe the development of biodegradable materials for cosmetic applications and explore new solutions to combat the effects of visible light from the sun.

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By: Lianna Albrizio

Associate Editor

The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. (ELC) is collaborating with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and its laboratory led by the renowned Dr. Robert Langer to research innovation in cosmetics. ELC is funding what it calls “promising research” led by Dr. Ana Jaklenec, principal investigator at MIT’s Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research —and in close collaboration with Dr. Langer— to research the development of biodegradable materials for cosmetic applications and explore new sol...

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