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Shiseido Creates Novel Hyaluronic Acid Molecule

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By: TOM BRANNA

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JAPAN: Shiseido Co. has developed technology for producing hyaluronic acid with less than one-1,000th the molecular weight of conventional products, according to Nikkei Weekly. The supershort hyaluronic acid molecule has two repeats of glucuronic acid and glucosamine and a molecular weight of around 800. The company achieved this result by using measuring and analysis techniques cultivated in its cosmetics business to accurately sever the bonds in the hyaluronic acid chain. Shiseido will...

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